You don’t have to attend choir practice.

A Jesus Juke is a phrase I came up with to describe that moment when you’re talking about something normal and someone tries to juke in some Jesus out of nowhere. The first one recorded in history is when I saw a guy next to me at the airport doing pushups in the terminal and someone said, “Don’t you wish we were all this disciplined with our Bible reading.”

Since then, I’ve seen hundreds. When folks say they are excited about the Super Bowl, we Christians say, “Don’t you wish people were as excited about church on Sunday?” As if it’s impossible to both enjoy football and Jesus in the same life.

I thought I had seen every Juke possible … until I checked my email.

This is a page of a bulletin, in which someone essentially says, “You don’t have to attend choir practice, but then Jesus didn’t have to die on the cross for us either, did he?” The idea of comparing choir practice to Christ dying on the cross for us is the craziest thing I’ve ever heard.

This isn’t the typical Serious Wednesday where I inevitably write about the Prodigal Son story. Let’s be honest, I’ve written about that a million times, but this really is serious. You and I need to be the generation to completely end the practice of Jesus Jukes. We can be the change. I know we can!

I believe in us.