{"id":2025,"date":"2012-06-10T14:46:54","date_gmt":"2012-06-10T14:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christianpiatt\/?p=2025"},"modified":"2012-06-10T14:46:54","modified_gmt":"2012-06-10T14:46:54","slug":"church-sign-epic-fails-volume-seventeen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christianpiatt\/2012\/06\/church-sign-epic-fails-volume-seventeen\/","title":{"rendered":"Church Sign Epic Fails, Volume Seventeen"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Today\u2019s church signs are available baked, boiled, fried or au gratin\u2026<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2026\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2026\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/65\/2012\/06\/body-mod.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2026\" title=\"body mod\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/65\/2012\/06\/body-mod-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yes, a real church.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2027\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2027\" style=\"width: 266px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/65\/2012\/06\/church_parking-funny-sign.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2027\" title=\"church_parking-funny-sign\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/65\/2012\/06\/church_parking-funny-sign-266x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"300\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2027\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nothing quite like being trapped and prayed for.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2028\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2028\" style=\"width: 298px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/65\/2012\/06\/eyes-fixed.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2028\" title=\"eyes-fixed\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/65\/2012\/06\/eyes-fixed-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Location, location, location.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2030\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/65\/2012\/06\/ihop.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2030\" title=\"ihop\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/65\/2012\/06\/ihop-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fail whether on purpose or by accident.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2031\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2031\" style=\"width: 242px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/65\/2012\/06\/meth-bible-camp.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2031\" title=\"meth bible camp\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/65\/2012\/06\/meth-bible-camp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"208\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">No kidding!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2029\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2029\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/65\/2012\/06\/holla-back.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2029\" title=\"holla back\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/65\/2012\/06\/holla-back-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The latest failed attempt at cultural relevance, hip hop style.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2032\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2032\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/65\/2012\/06\/missionary.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2032\" title=\"missionary\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/65\/2012\/06\/missionary-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tell me they didn't think this one through.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2033\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2033\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/65\/2012\/06\/pirate.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2033\" title=\"pirate\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/65\/2012\/06\/pirate-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aweome. I may be stealing this one.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2034\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2034\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/65\/2012\/06\/run-from-satin.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2034\" title=\"run from satin\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/65\/2012\/06\/run-from-satin-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I was enjoying some soft fabric, and the next thing I know, I'm in hell...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s church signs are available baked, boiled, fried or au gratin\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,15,11,39,12,49,10,5],"tags":[1239,5913,1339,1659,805,1412,5909],"class_list":["post-2025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-piatt","category-christianity","category-faith","category-faith-and-culture","category-humor","category-popular-culture","category-religion","category-theology","tag-bad-church-signs","tag-christian-piatt","tag-church-sign-fail","tag-church-signs","tag-funny","tag-funny-church-signs","tag-humor"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - 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