Kathy Griffin got it........right!

I didn’t actually get to hear her make the comments (apparently I turned on the Emmy’s a little bit too late), but Kathy Griffin has earned the ire of many in the Christian Community.

I say many, because (if you’ve been paying attention to my blog this won’t surprise you!) because I happen to think she got it right!

According to The Christian Post the evening went something like this:
"I guess hell froze over," said Griffin, whose show overtook ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. "A lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one had less to do with this award than Jesus.”
Holding up her statuette, Griffin topped off her off-script speech by saying, "Suck it, Jesus. This award is my god now."\

I get it. I understand why this is so offensive, but Kathy has accidentally hit upon truth with which the church needs to grapple .

Why does it not offend us when celebrity after celebrity thanks Jesus, yet their lives and films show very little (if any) of actually following him? And do we really think that the Emmy Board is spending time in prayer and fasting to determine who Jesus thinks is the best actress in a comedy series? Doesn't thanking Jesus for an award imply that Jesus prefers Ricky Gervais over Charlie Sheen?

The truth is that Jesus has very little to do with the Emmy’s. In fact, a night designed for the rich and beautiful to be patted on the back and told how wonderful they are, a night filled from top to bottom with glitz, glamour and self-promotion, seems very much to say to me “Suck It Jesus.” Kathy Griffin called it like it is. Jesus is not God in Hollywood. Self-promotion, fame, fortune and popularity are.

Perhaps we as a church should be more offended by the celebrities who drag Jesus name into a place where it doesn’t belong, than by someone like Kathy Griffin, whose comments, although offensive, happen to be right on the mark.