Pa$tor Brown'$ Late$t Book

Wow, Pastor Brown has a book signing over the weekend. I'm so shocked by that. Yes, that's sarcasm.

Does it surprise you that the good pastor would like to make a little money out of his notoriety? If it does, it shouldn't. All you have to do is check out his website and you don't have to look hard to see the For Sale signs. In fact, on the home page alone, you will find more references to what is for sale, rather than references to God. 

Go ahead, check, I counted. 

I don't care that he wants to make money, I just find it worth a discussion that he appears to want to be WEALTHY off of it.

It also reminds me of Jesus' righteous anger towards the money changers. The Gospel of John says that Jesus was so angry that he said, "Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!"

The bottom line here is that if he is in the business of peddling wares, then free positive press is in his best interest. If you know you are releasing a book soon, I bet manufacturing something you can get some free press out of sure wouldn't hurt book sales would it?

From what I am told, it appears that Pastor Brown's book sale didn't go so well and his eastside book signing was cancelled. According to the Barnes & Nobel staff, it appears there were more people demonstrating against Pastor Brown than books he actually sold. 

Ironically, Barnes and Nobel will be participating in No Bullying Week later this month with authors and book selections. 

Apparently Brown is now trying to rebrand himself as almost a modern-day martyr. It appears the Pastor is talking up needs for security, particularly at his last book signing. Interestingly he's not really articulated where that supposed need arises from. 

Is he afraid the gay community is going to do him harm? Is he mocking hate crimes? Quite frankly, I think Pastor Brown's starting to show a little desperation these days.