{"id":410,"date":"2010-08-20T08:59:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-20T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.195.124.95\/~redletu4\/let-the-credits-roll\/"},"modified":"2010-08-20T08:59:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-20T14:59:00","slug":"let-the-credits-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/let-the-credits-roll\/","title":{"rendered":"Let the credits roll"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

It\u2019s always an interesting procession at the end of the movie to watch people rise from their seats almost immediately after \u201cThe End\u201d splashes on the screen.<\/p>\n

They miss the credits \u2013 the people who made the movie happen. Maybe it\u2019s just me, but I watch the credits. It\u2019s\u00a0intriguing to watch who the \u2018grips\u2019 there were and who did provided the catering. Just who was the \u201cMan at the gas station\u201d? Who provided the wedding cake? <\/p>\n

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Sometimes there are \u201cstingers\u201d in the credits \u2013 little teasers for sequels or outtakes. There\u2019s even a website dedicated to documenting these: \u201cWhatsafterthecredits.com<\/a>\u201d<\/div>\n

There\u2019s an application here for me to live. I shouldn\u2019t just pay attention to the credits at the movie theater \u2014 I need to pay attention to credits everywhere else.\u00a0 At my job, I am quick to scoop up the project or the article or the report and start moving on it. But I don\u2019t read the credits \u2013 giving praise to the work of the hands that produced it. <\/p>\n

And at home, I haven\u2019t always been one to give credit, as I\u2019ve been much more apt to give criticism. How about the man who sweeps the parking lot at my work, or the woman who cleans the glass. How about the older gentleman who picks up trash in the neighborhood or the single man that stuffs the bulletins at church.<\/p>\n

Let the credits roll.\u00a0 Who do you need to praise today? Comment here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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