Those who know me well know that I am a nut about Chick-fil-A. When I was in seminary at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts my wife and I missed food items that we discovered were common to our the South and the Tampa area and not so much to the New England area, such as: grits, yellow rice and chicken, cuban sandwiches, & Chick-fil-A. Periodically, our families would send us a care package of grits and the necessary ingredients to make yellow rice but they obviously could not send us cuban sandwiches and Chick-fil-A chicken sandwiches. A couple of times my wife, Terri, and toddler daughter, Amanda, would fly back to Tampa to visit while I was studying and working. One time Terri gave me a very pleasant surprise when she got off the airplane. She showed me a lot of love by giving me two Chick-fil-A chicken sandwiches still slightly warm, which I quickly devoured on the way home. All these years later I still love a Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich! I was thrilled when a couple of years ago they built a Chick-fil-A restaurant a few miles from us.
What I also love about this great restaurant is the founder, Truett Cathy, is a Christian who has worked diligently to establish this chain with Christian values. Because of his Christian values Truett Cathy believed in keeping the Sabbath by closing the stores on Sundays. This was especially radical as this meant that malls where you often found Chick-fil-A had all the other fast food restaurants open on Sundays except Chick-fil-A. They have thrived all these years even though they have taken one day off a week. Following God’s principles always, always work best. God does always know best!
Since I am such a fan of Chick-fil-A I just had to share this video that I saw on facebook and YouTube. In the video Tim Hawkins sings this song at Bent Tree Bible Fellowship in Carrollton, Texas. It is priceless as it expresses my love of Chick-fil-A along with my kind of sense of humor. Enjoy and don’t salivate too much as you feast on this wonderful video.
6 Comments
March 18, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Loved the video! GREAT NEWS, I found a Chick-fil-A at a near-by mall, just in case you start to develop withdrawl symptoms during your 2.5 day stay!!!
I’ll email you weather updates that may effect the wedding plans.
March 22, 2009 at 8:57 pm
The Pastor of Bent Tree, Pete Briscoe, spoke at our church last week – he was wonderful!! Our Senior Pastor used to be a Teaching Pastor there, and our Exec Pastor was also there in come capacity.
This video is a hoot!!
April 5, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Very funny but was surprised about the “f-en children” remark. Did I hear it wrong, or am I just an old fuddy duddy?
April 5, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Barbara, I think you heard it wrong. I did not hear anything like that!
April 25, 2009 at 2:14 pm
HOW DARE YOU! Mike – This was pretty heartless. We have chicken in Peru, but not Chick-Fil-a. Now our mouths are watering. Do you think that Terri could send us one too?
April 25, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Jim & Ginnie,
I thought about you two today as once again we have been invaded by a bunch of bikers. I bet you aren’t dealing with that in Peru either! I am glad though that I have made your day with the Chick-Fil-a song