The scene near the concession stands resembled something closer to a strip mall on Black Friday than the hour preceding a worship service.
Hundreds of women lined up outside a temporary “boutique” with displays of $25 T-shirts and $40 hoodies emblazoned with messages like “Love Revolution” and “Think Happy Thoughts.”
A staff member controlling the flow of shoppers wondered aloud whether a bullhorn would help.
Nearby, a crush of women lined up three deep to pick up copies of DVDs and books, most bearing the smiling face of Joyce Meyer, the woman they’d all paid an average of $55 to see and hear.
While Joyce Meyer does occasionally have tidbits of wisdom worth considering, I seldom have the patience to listen for them because she comes off to me as the condescending rich lady next door who thinks she should have her nose in everyone else’s business and tells them so. I think a little modesty would suit her ministry better.
#1 Maybe Joyce Meyer’s message has changed in the last few years, but back when my wife and I listened to her she had a refreshing candidness lacking from a lot of ministries. Her ability to say what she thinks and put it out there without regard to political correctness is something more ministers should practice, especially Anglicans.
I am not taking up for her type of ministry nor the money she makes, just commenting on what I personally observed back when we used to watch her semi-regularly.
Who IS She? I never heard of her. Larry
She’s a televangelist.