K-Mart - Pay Less, Expect Less
Today I was doing a bit of a review on the Gospels' stories rendition on the birth of Jesus. There are 3 major towns in Israel mentioned in the Gospels concerning Jesus's first two years of life: Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and Nazareth. Three radically different towns in the social strata. A strange thought came into my head afterwards when driving to school, "What store would Nazareth had if our retails chains existed back then?" I thought of the following pairings: Nazareth: K-Mart, Bethlehem: Target, and Jerusalem: Neiman-Marcus. I imagine Jesus and the Disciples buying sandals, robes, and personal hygiene products at K-Mart with the teeming masses and screaming children and turning over some display stands at Neiman Marcus. K-Mart, the Charlie Brown of the retail food chain. The least of these. WWJS - Where Would Jesus Shop? I think K-Mart...the least of these.