Have you ever picked up an item to purchase in a store and gotten to the check out stand and been surprised that it was an additional percentage off the already low price? That, my friends, is a good day. Many years ago (pre kids and pre smart spending) Susan and I frequented many a clothing retail establishment. One day, no lie, she was buying a clearance dress from a particular store (the ever popular Old Navy). As we checked out, it rang up literally half of what we expected to pay. I told her she should get two for good measure.

Sales are good things especially if they are accompanied by the word clearance. You know what else is a good thing…BOGO. It’s an abbreviation made popular by Payless Shoes (which incidentally I don’t like because they have 470 different super trendy styles for women but typically only one aisle for men full of shoes that look orthopedic for in nature).

BOGO is great, especially when it’s “buy one get one free” rather than “buy one get one 50% off.” Here is a list of items you might find BOGO FREE these days:

  • cereal
  • t-shirts
  • pens
  • sandwiches
  • cell phones (with the purchase of two new two year contracts)

Here is a list of items that I wish were BOGO FREE:

  • cars
  • vacation homes
  • puppies
  • recreation vehicles
  • plane tickets

This week, Dock@1810starts a brand new series called BOGO Free. You might say the reason we developed the series is because our good pal Alicia Lempert at Aeropostale donated a bunch of items to the church including some rather large BOGO signs. Well you’d be right. But it’s also fun to think about all the things from God’s word that are total freebies. (I know everything from the Bible is a total freebie but some feel more like an extra than others)

Have you ever been reading scripture and found it to mean one thing totally awesome that by itself is totally applicable to life and totally essential to a renewed walk with Christ only to digest moments or even days later the fact that it also meant even more? It’s like there was some added bonus that surprised you later. I know that to be true in my life. Go figure…we serve a God who can multi-task and derive as many blessings as he wants from just one simple verse or story! Scripture is literally the gift that keeps on giving and that is what this month’s teaching time is about at Dock.

Since most middle and high school students are too busy texting 160 characters or less to read a 200+ word count blog, I’m counting on all the parents and legal guardians out there to read this and motivate students to come be part of Dock this month (Wednesday nighst 6:10-8:10pm). You’ll be glad you did. And hey, so will they! Look, another added bonus!

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