Casting call

I don't know if I've written about this before or not, but here goes: the kids go try out to be in commercials and ads. I didn't know that kids did this, but it makes sense when I think about all the kids there are in commercials in tv: of course they have to try out. So today we went to a casting call. Mostly these are crowded and take forever and are stressful bcause you have to keep the kids occupied while making sure they don't run out into the streets of Madrid. Today was no different. But at least we got out of the house!

Here are my thoughts on casting calls though. The applicants have to meet a certain criteria before they can even try out. Then only a select few are chosen for the commercial or job. Now stick with me here. And correct me if I'm wrong (yes, you can actually leave commments!) but isn't this concept of a casting call eerily similar to the way we look at "religion"? Every religion in the world thinks that they are right. And every religion has a set of criteria that one has to meet before entering into this "religious" state of mind. As Christians, we say you must realize you are a sinner. After this realization we are allowed to try out, to ask God to forgive us and to try to live our lives by Jesus' example and ultimately be picked for the part to spend eternity with God. It's a casting call.

I honestly don't really have anything else to say about that other than to question; have we boxed up God to such an extent that our faith has become like a casting call?

I have a feeling that God is much bigger than that.

Just a sidenote: I passed by an apartment today on the way to the casting call that Picasso lived in for a couple of years. It was rad!