Prologue: I have not gone and lost my faith. I have not decided to sell beer forever (unless this market doesn't turn around)...I have chosen to be a beer man because that's the only job I have been able to get and honestly, I'm showing I'm willing to do anything to take care of paying my bills and I don't mind getting to watch baseball. So for those of you that roll their conservative eyes or gasp at the thought of Josh Hunt has gone and sold his soul for becoming a beer man after going through Bible College and ministering to so many teens over the years...unless you can find me a different job, shut up and buy a beer from me...I've got Bud, Bud Light and Bud Select for $7.75 (if you're over 21 and have a proper ID with you).
Being a vendor has put me in a place that is out of my comfort zone. I don't usually get up in front of complete strangers that often and yell or hawk. As a rookie, I'm starting to learn a few new things to make better sales too.
Most of the beer men at the stadium have a funny saying or do something that would make them look like a fool on any given day, but while in the ballpark, they are beer men.
As a Man of God, I've begin to think about somethings while working at the stadium. I came to a realization that there might not be much difference between a beer man and a minister. Let me explain.
A minister gets up in front of hundreds...sometimes thousands of people (mostly strangers...sometimes) during a service.
A beer man gets up in front of hundreds...thousands of people (mostly strangers) during a game.
A minister can make you laugh, cry, feel content and feel good.
A beer man can make you laugh, cry (if he's out of beer), fell content and feel good, (only with beer).
A minister wants to be your friend so hopefully you'll come to know Jesus.
A beer man wants to be your friend so hopefully you'll buy more from him.
A minister advertises Jesus/Salvation/Forgiveness...which he isn't selling, but he is advertising something to get you to take action upon it...so for this example, same type of thing...
A beer man advertises a product that they are selling ("COLD BEER...ICE COLD BEER").
A minister has a way of connecting with people.
A beer man has a way of connecting a beer bottle to someone's mouth.
A minister looks forward to seeing people tithe.
A beer man looks forward to seeing people give him a tip.
Now I'm sure you are ready to unleash hell, fire and brimstone upon the beer man who compared himself and his co-workers to a minister how selling beer is the same as selling Jesus...not the case. I'm asking who would make a better beer man?
But wait just a second. Am I not a minister? Did I not spend 5 years of my life and roughly $60,000 on Bible College? But I'm a beer man...and a minister? Does this mean I hand someone a Bible while I'm handing someone else their Bud Light they just bought from me? No...I can't do that...but it does mean I can (and do) show the love of Christ towards coworkers and anyone else in that stadium.
I wasn't going to say it, but then I thought, why stop here? Ministers and Beer Men are both offering something to the people they are talking to...just one gets them to know Jesus, the other offers them something that makes them eventually think they are Jesus.
So what do you think, knowing what you know and seeing some comparisons, would a minister make a better beer man than an average Joe?
2 comments:
Josh - I love it!!!!! You are great and one of my favorites!! Keep your chin up ;-) God knows your heart!! What a great venture in life...who knows, maybe Jesus would have sold beers too.....maybe ;-)
"...just one gets them to know Jesus, the other offers them something that makes them eventually think they are Jesus."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
That's all I have to say about that.
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