I am not a very religious person.  Other than a brief period of time in my early teens when my parents decided to send me to Hebrew School (two years past my bar mitzvah age and at a synagogue that met at an orange county church) I have lived a life mostly void of attending religious services unless they involve weddings or funerals. For the most part I am thankful for this, never being forced to participate in group spiritual activities that I didn’t fully believe in, though every once in a while I come across something so bizarre and overwhelming that I wish I had a little bit more Bible in me. While I’ve yet to go to the Holy Land by means of milking my Birthright trip or the amusement park/Jesus death reenactment/special effects party that is Trinity Broadcasting’s Holy Land Experience, I did grow up near The Chrystal Cathedral in Orange County which is closer to Disney does Jesus than anyone could ever wish. (Except for this guy.) I saw the animals poop on stage while looking up flying angels dresses in their “The Glory of Christmas” pageant, I witnessed lasers and earthquakes bring Jesus back to life in their bloated passion festival “The Glory of Easter” I’ve seen their Moses statue with a bush that is always actually on fire and I’ve watched as minivans packed with blond children downed their In-N-Out burgers while listening to the sermons within from the drive in sermon section of the parking lot.

All of this still couldn’t prepare me for this Lifehouse‘s “Everything” video though. The first time I saw it I felt so awkward I didn’t know what to do with myself.  What is even weirder is that it seems the tween/teen/youth groups of churches all over the country have apparently adopted acting this skit out into their church activities, so now there are a ton of other versions of this exact same thing all over Youtube. None I have found are as good as this one though…

Oh sinners! Watch and learn!
WARNING: This clip supposedly has made many grown men cry…

Here is something that actually made me cry:

And here’s a song from Jesus Christ Superstar:
Jesus Christ Superstar – King Herod’s Song