Remember the candles that smell like Jesus? Yeah, well, the happy news folks at Good Morning America had some on today and were chatting them up the same way they might a cute new line of poodle sweaters. Now, I get it – this is some funny, frivolous stuff that’s good for lighthearted entertainment (if you have a brain, anyway – those of you who take items like these candles dead-seriously may now consider yourselves officially insulted).

The issue isn’t this segment in and of itself. Rather, it’s about the trends, the context. Have you noticed just how often corporate owned Big Media shoves some Jesus up in your grill these days? Think about it – keep track, in fact. Once upon a time we’d have been slightly embarrassed by the way in which candle-marketeers and media whores are contriving to trivialize something as supremely personal and serious as spirituality. But now, we can’t make it through the hour without getting our Christ on, seems like. The Saviour must be a ratings bonanza, I guess.

Jesus tossed the moneychangers out of the temple, if I recall. What do you suppose he’d do about network television?