This is something that’s been on my brain for several months now.
I’ve done a lot of stupid things in my life and this pattern persists into my day-to-day operations. I’m always having to apologize for flying off the handle, being stubborn or eating all the bacon bits. It’s just how I tend to do business. One day, I began to consider this idea of saying, “My bad,” and I applied it in terms of my faith.
As Christians, many of us are used to saying, “My bad,” to God about our sinfulness. But very rarely do we say, “My bad,” to the people around us when our actions distort for them what Christianity is actually about or what Christ’s message is truly about.
When I was in high school, I went on a mission trip. On this mission trip, I had a host family that opened up their home to me and some of my friends. This opening up included their fridge and pantry and during our stay, we discovered beer in the fridge. Not cocaine. Beer.
After much consideration, I thought it would be tremendously helpful if I left a “WWJD?” note on the beer on our last night so that when the dad went to get a beer, he’d see my pithy note and reconsider his demonic ways of beer-drinking.
I was never able to say, “My bad” for that. I hope it didn’t do any lasting damage, but I’ll never truly know.
The My Bad Project isn’t about redeeming Christianity and repairing how skeptics interact with churchgoers. It’s simply about calling attention to the smaller, individual things that may perpetuate that rift.
If you’ve ever done something stupid in the name of Christ and were never able to tell the person/people, “My bad”, then this is the space for you to do it. It may not undo the impact of what you did to someone, but it may impact someone else in a positive way. That’s the hope anyways.
I would love it if you wanted to become involved in the project through contributing, connecting or following. If you have any comments or thoughts, I’d love to hear them: knox @ themybadproject dot com.
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You know that I am 100% behind this.
I think it's important for us to remember to apologize for what we've done as individuals, not what others have done. We don't need to apologize for molest-y priests if that's not what we did. We don't need to apologize for calling someone a faggot if we didn't do that. What really resonates with people is when we apologize for our OWN things.
Which is why I love, love, love this. Because it's not "our" bad – it's MY bad.
This is a million different kinds of awesome, Knox. Thanks to all who have participated so far. So good.
Thanks for this Knox!
I love this idea! Blown away by the content and the premise. Well done, Knox. Well done.
Looks like a really awesome idea for a site. Can't wait to see it unfold.
this is a humble and good-hearted thing you have going.
I will be making an entry very soon. I'm pretty much the biggest screw-up on the planet, so the only real difficulty is deciding which "My Bad" to use.
Seriously though, great idea for a site/project. I support this!
FRIIIIED CHICKEN!
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