Don't you love those lists where they rank cities according to different things? SanFrancisco, you're the best when it comes to being outdoorsy. Seattle, you seem to be the most active city in America. On the other end of the spectrum, Orlando takes the cake...no pun intended...for being the fast food capital of the country (In fairness, the most prominent chain is Subway).
In the last two weeks, our lovely little Knoxville has taken the prize in not one, but two national surveys. Either one of them on their own is worth a little bit of conversation by the watercooler to be sure, but when you put them together, particularly over a span of just a couple of weeks, you have a prestidigitatingly rich soil for all sorts of pontification. What are the two honors, you ask?
First, Barna Group recently released some new studies that dig deeply into the presence or absence of a Biblical mindset in major US cities... atop the list? Knoxville. Boom.
Second, Amazon just released some numbers that led them to claim, based on volume and types of items purchased across the country (I'll let you imagine the possibilities), that Knoxville is the most romantic city in the United States.
At first glance, these might seem like a couple of quirky facts about a little mid-sized city in East Tennessee, but what interests me is the fact that a lot of people would probably look at this and, considering the number of Marvin Gaye albums and "sexual wellness products" consumed by Knoxvillians, believe these two titles to be diametrically opposed, but are they?
The Bible tells us tons about how to love one another. Doesn't it seem reasonable to think that people with the "most Biblical mindset" should also be doing a good job of loving their special someones? What do you think? How would you explain the simultaneous holding of these two city-wide distinctions? As for me and my house, we'll be doing all we can to maintain both with gusto.
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