The Christ Corporation

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF BILLY CHRIST

6:42 A.M

I woke up to a brisk chill in the air, threw on my Terry Town Kimono robe (Oh, so comfy!) and spent a few minutes gazing out upon the gorgeous cityscape of Downtown Atlanta.  Bypassed first carafe of Communion Wine in favor of a hot chocolate/coffee blend the Missus favors.  Warmth is bliss!

6:58 A.M

It would appear that the economic news has not improved, though the fantastic trio of Fox News keeps me in stitches!  I believe today would be a good day to pursue the matter of adding additional days of Offering with Donald and the Council.  If I am not mistaken, it would seem prudent to have more opportunity for our followers to Offer to God in these times of struggle.  Nothing increases the wealth in life like a good Offer to God!

7:28 A.M

I am at my desk.  I have thirty-two minutes before Arvin shows up.  Ooh, a crossword puzzle!

7:58 A.M

Arvin will be here in two minutes.  I can’t finish the crossword.  I need a five-letter word for “sacred religious text”, third letter is a ‘b’.  Perhaps I’ll come back to it.

9:03 A.M

Conducting a meeting with the disciples.  Judas has expressed his desire to be more active on the blog, detailing what he refers to as “The fashion-minded Christian in the Modern Era”.  I have no idea what he means.  Phillip is offering me candy corn again.  I’ve told him how the flavor dilutes the flavor of Communion Wine, but he persists anyway.  Thomas is a bit out of sorts today, feeling especially doubtful about the prospects of the future.  Matthew and Arvin are hammering away on the pressing matter of public perception of our financial significance, and how we might do what they call, “Proactive Assessment of Functional Belief,” and it’s relation to tithes.  I will have to ask to see Arvin’s notes later this afternoon.  I am distracted by the Entertainment Weekly story about this Vampire movie that is coming out.  I hear it is rather a delightful tale, if not altogether heatheistic.

10:53 A.M

Is it lunch time yet?  I need a small bit of food.  Maybe Ruth’s Chris?  I could use a good sampling of beef.  Perhaps not.  I need to showcase my lighter side and embrace conservative spending and refrain from gluttony.  Maybe I’ll try that new Brazillian place in town.  Fogo something or another?  I hear that it’s a wonderful place for families and that they have a delightful salad bar.  I’m sure they have small portions on the menu.  Perhaps I’ll see if Arvin would like to go.

12:47 P.M

Note to self: Brazillians do not believe in small portions.  I need Tums.

1:03 P.M

Making the round of calls to the Southeastern Team of God’s Favorite Church.  First Tampa, then Orlando, then Jacksonville, Birmingham, Nashville, Atlanta (though I’ll be there tomorrow, so maybe I’ll skip it), Charleston, and Asheville (the smallest of our group, but oh so beautiful!).  We will be discussing possible ways to increase attendance and the upcoming renewal of public television contracts.  Oh, how our Pastors despise dealing with the networks!

1:05 P.M

I am waiting for Mary to come back from lunch.  She has to show me how to work this infernal new phone again.

1:11 P.M

Called Mary and told her that I needed her help working the phone.  She asked me where I was.  “Silly girl,” I said. “Where do you think I am?”  She said that I must be in my penthouse, since I would most certainly not be calling her from the office phone I needed her to show me how to use.  Touche, Mary!  How true!  Onward I go!

2:01 P.M

Brother Meenass from GFC Asheville has suggested that we institute weekly live chats through our website that I can participate in.  He felt that it would encourage greater activity from today’s youth.  I’m not quite sure I understand the mechanics of sitting before a computer and trying to talk to someone through it, but he seemed rather insistant that it is feasible.  Though I dread the thought, I may have to go down to the fifth floor and chat with the IT boys.  I might need to take Judas with me.  They seem less snarky when he’s around.

2:59 P.M

I really don’t like the fifth floor.  Tomorrow, I’ll ask Mary to go back down there and ask them again to explain the Chat thingy.  She seems to know how to make them talk in a way I can understand.

3:33 P.M

The snack machine is broken again.  I will complain to the Council.  It would seem that Christ should be able to get a snack without having to holler.

3:46 P.M

Received a call from the newly elected President of the United States.  Well, actually it was one of his people.  I am, apparantly, invited to a brunch with our new leader this Sunday, to discuss the greater machinations of TCC and how we may best work with his new administration to continue “the good work”.  I’m skeptical.  Usually the President leaves us be, and we the same to him (or someday her, I wager).  Hopefully, I am simply overthinking this.  I don’t usually overthink anything though.  I find thinking to be a hassle as it is.  Why exceed the simple act of thinking in order to think too much?

4:26 P.M

Promise Keeper Willie just stopped by.  I don’t know why, but I tire having to yell at him.  I still haven’t found anyone who knows what his job is here.  The best I have been able to get out of anyone (Arvin) is that he’s been around as long as anyone can remember and he just sort fo serves as the Welcome Committee by default.  I don’t have the heart to throw the old man out of my office though.  There’s something about him that just makes me smile.  He shows up about once a week, jiggles his way in, skinny legs and bony body just rattling around.  When he looks at me through his wide-lenses, eyes the size of orbs (or planets from a servicable distance), I can’t help but feel like he has a knack for peering into one’s soul and sorting out the what and who’s and why’s well before one can do it on their own.  Anyway, he just likes to check in and see if there’s anything he can do for me.  I never have any need of him, but always sit and chat for thirty minutes or so.  What a strange, but joyful man.

5:09 P.M

Communion Wine, take me away!

5:23 P.M

The sun is slowly setting.  I still can’t get used to this time change thing.  Seems the evening comes too soon now.  Before I know it, my work for the day is done and the time to return upstairs to my penthouse has arrived.  I believe the Missus had expressed a desire to order in tonight, though I believe I may attempt to persuade her otherwise.  The Brazillian Feast is still with me.  I don’t believe I will be eating until Lunch tomorrow.

5:30 P.M

Time to punch the proverbial Time Clock.  For today, I am done.  Though the Good Work never truly ends, even God allows me the right to leave my office and attend to my personal life for the evening.  I have a busy day tomorrow.  Off to speak with Brother Whippins at GFC here in Atlanta (just a few miles away).  We’ve a growing base of a devoted congregation here and I would like to see how might implement some of Brother Whippins wonderful ideas elsewhere.  He is quite the charismatic individual.  Perhaps there is a means by which to teach the others of our flock how to embrace such an exuberant take on the world!

Good day all.  Be blessed.

We’ve heard it before.  Such and such and somebody found someone and such that is a reincarnation of anyone who is someone that isn’t really the one true God.  So, my friends, here we go again.  People are professing to have seen God, in the form of an 18 year old boy who has decided that sitting under a tree makes him special.  There are some who say that this boy has gone without food and drink for months, perhaps even years, but I have to admit that I do not find that plausible.  And it does not make one a God, as I understand it.  In fact, I’ll be so bold as to just call it the laziness of a young man who doesn’t want to earn a living.  And I would like for someone to show me somewhere, anywhere in the Bible where a lack of eating or drinking has been an illustration of a God-like manifestation.  I’ll eat my own shoe if you can.  I mean, here I am, Christ of the Modern Era, and I consume.  I eat.  I cradle a good glass of Communion Wine with my meal, perhaps post-dinner, on the patio, in the embrace of the night air.  I need it to survive.  Do not believe the lies.

And he looks a mess too.  Really, my friends, note the scowl:

He looks quite angry actually.  Hungry perhaps.

Stoicism is not divine.  Every one has to turn a table over once in a while, sometimes in order to enforce a point.  And, for the record, a good miracle–as some refer to his tree-stting ways of starvation–can be over-dramatized, perhaps even forged.  True entities of Faith, like yours truly, never need resort to such silly nanny tactics, and let, instead, the divine action of God’s Will manifest in our presence.  Here, we have a boy who sits under a tree–probably handed a burger or steak at night while nobody is around–and stares.  He stares at nothing.  Won’t even respond to those who attempt to engage him in conversation.  That’s not divine, it’s just impolite.  Besides, this Buddhism thing that he supposedly represents, of which 325 million people are professed to have “belief” in, is an unfounded, and derelict faith.  If you can even call it that.  I call it convenience of laziness.  No wonder they see this homeless man as a leader and example.

Are we not, my friends, tired of this?  Tired of the litany of professed deities that line up in an effort to draw people from the one true God?  Tired of people rallying behind a call or individual that attempts to inform you of what to believe and how to believe it?  We, at The Christ Corporation, and I, as your dutiful leader, will never resort to such things.  After all, we are the way, and the light, and it is only through our guidance, and those who serve our purpose on this Earth–to spread the Word and Will of the Founder, Jesus Christ–that you may find peace and financial bounty in these trying times.  God has given us a task and it is to keep you true to Him, true to His Will, true to the Path that He paves before you.

Do not believe in boys sitting under trees, professing to be at peace without food.  They lie.  Every boy wants a slice of pie or glass of milk.  Do not believe them.  Especially when they quite obviously need a shower.

Bless you all.

Good day to you all.  I have not yet come to grips with the everyday task of writing in a weblog, so I apologize profusely for my absence.  Acknowledged though it may be that I am but a solitary voice, and merely a disciple to the revered wisdom and preference of Billy Christ, I lament that I have not been more consistent and proficient in my duties.  Rather than carry on with apologies, I will, instead, delve into my task at the moment.  My name, as you may, or may not know is Matthew.  I am one of the twelve disciples of Billy Christ.  I am a representative voice of The Christ Corporation, and very excited–every blessed day I wake up–to be able to stand on behalf of Billy, and God, to bring to each and every one of you the beauty of the Word.

Today, I am to keep it short, and simply offer to you the basic tenets of The Christ Corporation.  They do not espouse the greater efforts or activities that we, as disciples of Christ, take up, nor does it of the greater methods of The Christ Corporation, or of Christ Himself, but they are a nice start.  A good place to begin much in life. 

I will attempt, with great diligence, to visit with you via this weblog more often, but for now, I will leave you.  Should you ever have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me.  I am always willing to relay any messages to Christ on your behalf.

WE BELIEVE…the entire Bible is inspired by God, protected by Christ, without error and the authority on which we base our faith, our conduct of business, and doctrines in our economic policies.

WE BELIEVE…in one God who works in concert through Christ, leaving His power in the hands of Christ. We believe the Founder, Jesus Christ, was delivered unto us as the first Christ, to bring to us the Word of God, and that He came to this earth to establish the very foundations of The Christ Corporation, and the path of every Christ that would follow His lead.

WE BELIEVE…the Founder died on the cross and shed His blood for our sins. We believe that salvation is found by placing our hopes and faith in sacrificial giving, in Offering all that we have to give thanks unto the Founder and all that He gave for us.

WE BELIEVE…water baptism is a symbol of the cleansing power of Christ and a testimony to our faith in the the Founder, and in His faith in The Christ Corporation.

WE BELIEVE…in the regular taking of Communion as an act of remembering what the Founder did for us on the cross.

WE BELIEVE…every believer should be in a growing relationship with Christ by obeying His Word, yielding to the the Spirit thst guides Him, and by being conformed to the image of Christ and The Christ Corporation.

WE BELIEVE…as children of Christ, that we are overcomers and more than conquerors and Christ intends for each of us to experience the abundant life He has in store for us, and that as we Offer ourselves, so will He return our Offerings a hundred fold.

Well, my friends, it is another day in our world.  Another day with people looking for hope.  Another day with people looking for guidance.  And another day in which a group of people stands out amongst the crowd and informs the world that God does not exist.  That all we, here at The Christ Corporation, do, will ultimately amount to nothing.  In this one article, I find every reason to believe that what I do, as Christ, will forever be the most important job in these troubles modern times.  These people refer to themselves as Atheists, though I question their sincerity.  I question how a group of people can suddenly, and without question or debate, disband from God and act as though He never truly existed.  I find it impossible to believe that any one being, short of Satan, could turn their back on God and not feel the itchy crawl in their head that they have, in fact, done wrong.

And how is a day of prayer an attack on individuality?  I cannot be one who professes to know every in and out of the Constitution, but isn’t there a clause or doctrine in there somewhere that says our country can unite as one and pray?  Do we not have the right, as citizens, to expect of our government to defend our God, and therefore our country?  Isn’t this the country where George Washington crossed that river, back in that time when he was alive, posing so proudly at the bow of his boat?  What was he looking at, my friends?  Or was he looking for someone?  Was he looking for God?  Was he, in that moment, praying for our troops overseas, or praying for the economy, our praying for our Constitution to never be mishandled by a bunch of people who professed to have turned their backs on God?  That’s America, my friends!  That’s what our countrymen and women have died for all of these years!  Nobody should be allowed to tell us we cannot pray!  We should be telling the atheists that they need to pray!  For without God, we are all lost!

This picture should sum up my feelings:

And so, National Prayer Day will be celebrated the first Thursday of May.  Pray.  Pray with your families.  Pray with your friends, be they athesist or buddhist.  Pray that they pray with you, so that prayer may be the everlasting solace of our souls.  That’s why we pray.

Which reminds me of some wise words I will invoke here now, though I do not remember to whom they belong.  We have to pray just to make it today.

God bless you all.

Good day to you my friends.  I have heard from a number of you in recent weeks–mostly pleas for more entries into this weblog of mine.  I apologize for the here and there nature of my entries, but the array of responsibilities and duties therein are, to a greater degree, overwhelming at times, and it is quite difficult to get back to the computer most days.  However, I will make every effort to show myself regularly.  I take it as the great opportunity that it is to have this time to speak to you, and to see that you are, indeed, looking forward to what I have to say.  There is no question that times are rife with struggle and to know that my words help to infuse hope into your life brings me, in turn, great joy.  Hope is rather thematic in that regard.  Sometimes it’s an idea, sometimes it’s a plan in action, sometimes it’s a really good sunset with a glass of Communion Wine in hand, and sometimes it’s…well, sometimes it’s something that is really hopeful.

Today, however, I am not here, directly, to discuss hope, though it is important to keep in mind.  I wish to discuss the false gods of business who have run amuck in the world, branding themselves a “Christian Business” of one type of another.  It is an amazing phenomenon that one can so readily tap the word “Christian” onto a product and suddenly forge a front that they are, in fact, purveyors of God’s great word.  I have recently been introduced to a search engine called, I believe, “Googe” or something of the kind.  Maybe it was “Boogie” or “Goggle”, I can’t quite recall at the moment.  Apparantly, one way or another, you can type most anything into this engine and be given countless possible outcomes.  Amazing.  As I learn to catch up with this new computer-age we live in, I am constantly thrown by the sheer mystical power technology holds.  And it expands every day.  But I digress.  Back to the frauds of our Lord, of our Founder–Jesus.  If you were, for example, to type the words, “Christian Business” into this search engine dealy, you would be given a neverending list of those decievers, those hippocrites of testimonial nonsense.  There is even a link to a company who runs a site call Christian Business Opportunity.  Egad, how repulsive. 

My friends, opportunity is not a mortgage derived by clever men in secret rooms.  It is granted by circumstance.  It is hammered through dedication and hard work.  And to stamp “Christian” before a product or ambitious desire does not decree it a product of God.  There is but one entity in the world for which such a distinction can be placed, and I sit as its CEO.  The Christ Corporation is what God decreed, in the everlasting presence of our Founder, as the one being for which His word, His intent, would be embodied.  To look to another is a breach of contract with God and a divergence from the hope–the true hope of ideas and the realization of such–that we were set in place to define for the world.  Do not be persuaded by the mere use of a word.  It is not the word itself that makes the product but the work that is done behind that word to define it.  To put it in place and to wield it gently but powerfully for all to see.  Do not fall vicitm to this masquerade. 

I am here to show you the way.

Good day my friends and followers.  My sincerest apologies for the lapse in communication, but when one is traipsing about the globe visiting dignitaries and religious leaders it is a trying and difficult thing to keep an active blog.  If only I could have taken my computer with me.  Of course even then I would have only been able to connect to the internet at the hotels–a monumental task–and they claimed only to have a signal they refer to as “wireless”, which is an oddity as it would seem improbable that information could be passed without having wires with which to do it.  Oh, to miss America, I tell you.  There were many occasions where I longed simply to reach out across the ocean and go to my PC from afar, but alas that just isn’t possible.  I may be Christ, and I may be able to work Miracles, but I’m not Stretch Armstrong.

Regardless, I have returned and I hope to bring you scores of pictures once Arvin completes the download for me.  I am in the process of catching up on email and trying to answer the many Prayer Requests that have been sent in my absence.  Thank you all so much for your patience and support.  It isn’t often that a Christ is called a broad, but in these important times, in this year in which so much of our country and its future is to be determined, it becomes so much more important to have a face in the world and try to leave a lasting impact.

I must keep this short for now, as there is so much work to catch up on, but I will bring to you a very important anouncement in the next 48 hours.  So stay tuned and keep praying!

 Yours always,

–B.C

Um…hello I guess.  My name is Peter and I am the disciple of Christ.  Well, I mean I’m a disciple…of…you know.  I’m not the only one of course, there are eleven others here too.  Of course, that isn’t to mean that there are only tweleve, you know…ever.  It’s not accurate to say that there’s only twelve since some of you–well, most of you hopefully–are disciples of Christ too.  I suppose what I am saying is that there are twelve here at The Christ Corporation who work with Christ every day and out of those twelve am I one.  As a disciple, I have been told that it is my duty to spread the word, or the Gospel in a way, of Christ and to help those in the world who are uncertain about things.  Not, ‘things’, exactly I guess but more like, ‘things that are not so easy to come to understand because they are complicated and difficult and are not things that you commonly dwell upon, like God, because for one reason or another you don’t’.  Or something like that.  They don’t write scripts for these blogs so I think that’s essentially what I am supposed to say.

I mean, I could say more.  There seems to be an awful lot of space here and I guess it would be a shame to just leave it open.  I’m not even sure what happens to the open space if you just leave it.  Does it go away?  Is that what the internet is?  A lot of open space where people may not have written all that they could have?  It would certainly explain why there are so many pictures on the internet.  Really, you may not realize how many pictures there are out there.  I know I didn’t.  I’m still not sure how many there are, but I know it’s a lot.  And you have to be careful which pictures you look at because you may accidentally come across pictures that are not entirely appropriate for people to look at.  I was just on the internet the other day–well, that is to say I was on the computer, or actually in front of it while doing the internet thing place on the computer…oh…um, anyway however you say it, I was looking at stuff on the internet and typed the word, ‘mounds’ because I was having an argument with Bartholomew about whether or not there was a candy by that name and low and behold what to I find but this…no wait…this.  Hold on please.

This.

Ok.  I’m not very good at this blogging thing.  Fortunately Arvin is very helpful.  Thank you Arvin.  Oh, he says I don’t have to type that, but I already have so oh well.  Anyway, where was I?  Oh yeah, Mounds.  Did you see that picture?  Crazy huh?  I had to go out and get one right away!  Boy was Bartholomew mad!  But they sure were right.  I was extremely satisfied.

So, I guess I’m going to have to get back to all this space later.  It’s going to take a while to fill it all up.  I just keep going down and it just keeps going.   See look…

And that’s just some of it.  I’ll have to save the rest and not waste it.  Arvin say that the Disciples need to go disciple.  I’ll have to see what he has in mind.

Bye.

My friends, I can so no more up front than you must watch this video.  There is a threat amongst us and we must act now.

 I never thought I’d see Oprah stoop to this level.  She is becoming something greater than you or I originally thought she would be, and if we do not act soon, all may be lost.  Don’t get lost in the hype about this my friends, this is a true threat to us all.  Perhaps her fondness for Mr. Tolle, or Ms. Eadie, or Ms. Williamson may ring with a nice kind of plesantry that might possibly make life sound easier without God, but I promise you, these are the words of false prophets. 

I am told that both Peter and Paul spoke of many antichrists who ‘had come and will come.’ An antichrist, so that you know, is defined as one who either vehemently apposes and works against God, or one who attempts to stand in place of God.  These are referred to as False Messiahs and they mean to do nothing more than turn us against God.

And truly, it has me thinking.  Oprah cannot be the sole Antichrist amongst us, not if there are to be ‘many’.  It seems so passe to intigrate these false messiahs into the entertainment industry, where the brainwashing effect can be so much stronger and so much more damning to the soul.  I have spent the past two days reviewing television shows and movies and have come to the realization that the spawns of Satan are everywhere!  The Terminator…a foe, a friend, a power stronger than our will…a duplication of Satan and his maniacal ambition to conquer us all!  By the end of this series of movies, we have been given a vehicle to feel nothing but loss for this ‘hero’ and are practically encouraged to feel empathy for him.  Spongebob Squarepants and his ‘underwater paradise’…a parallel to the Underworld of Satan and how blissful it is to live in his ‘paradise’?  Lost…aren’t we all?  Or aren’t we…not?  But somehow these stranded ’souls’ are uplifted and encouraged to remain so for the sake of entertainment.  Is this another example of Hollywood’s ambition to see us all become sinners?  Family Guy…need I say more?  This show is replete with a non-stop barrage of anti-God rhetoric and does nothing more than attempt to illicit the need within us all for anarchy.  I see but one golden gem hidden in the ashes of this insanity:  the soothing peace and soulful passion of the one and only Adam West.  God bless him and his heroic trek through Hollywood.

But the one that strikes me greater than any other…the one that shifts in my mind like a pawn on the chessboard of my memory is none other than that vile, heathen worshipping, industrious garbage known as The Golden Girls.  There is no other show that has so willingly mocked the Holy Trinity than this monstrousity.  Blanche the Body, Dorothy the Mind and Rose the Soul.  Watch them as they desicrate the name of God and cower to the mighty power of the Dark One, Estelle.  Continually these ‘women’ twist the blessings of life into a cesspool of insidious reference and a promise of good will if only one can move beyond these saintly nom de plumes.  It is vile, it is deceptive and it is the single most obvious intrusion of Satan into our lives up until this new revelation of Oprah.  And let it not be overlooked that these rambunctious ‘women’ dwell in the very hottest place that can be found on our dear Earth.  They are, my friends, agents of Satan and meant to bring only strife and hatred into this world.  Be glad that they are long since off the air.  Do not seek their counsel or you will be lost.

I am sorry to bring such woeful spirit today dear friends.  I will seek a Greater Word and bring it to you very soon.

Bless you all.

Dear readers, the Book of Revelations now has something in common with Ted Turner.  Or perhaps it is that Ted Turner has finally read the Book of Revelations.  I’m not entirely sure which of these is true–or if both–but I do know that recent comments by Mr. Turner have indeed spelled out the woe that is to come to those not initiated in the righteous quest of The Christ Corporation.  Read his words here, or just go grab hold of your Bible and take a look through Revelations yourself.  Now, Mr. Turner evokes the cause of Global Warming as the ultimate doom of humanity, citing that humans will run out food in 30 or 40 years because of a dramatic rise in temperatures and maybe that is true.  But I assure you that the Sun is not on a crusade to wipe out humanity.  Nor is the Earth trying to shake loose the fleas that have infested it.  Nor is a burrito the greatest food ever existed, not in the eyes of God.  No sir.  It is humanity itself that is bringing about its own doom, living in an everlasting house of sin and taking the elevator straight to Hell with their continued dismissal of God and His worthy ways.

My friends, just a simple acceptance in your heart, and a weekly tithe to God will stay your wake in this horrific time to come.  No, Mr. Turner’s facts are not in order but his message might as well be taken for the truthiness that it is.  The Christ Corporation is here to usher you into a more peaceful life, take you along a purer path, and to offer you the reassurance that God will always see you into safety.  And what could truly be better than blue skies, a warm sun, infinte bliss, everlasting love and a nice glass of Communion Wine (California’s finest reserve!)?  It is yours to be, yours to embrace, yours to enjoy for all of eternity, if only you seek it.  Let the world have its cannibalism and horror, floods and hurricanes and famine and dogs who will bite you for just walking by on your way to the store even though you were just minding your own business and thinking about biscuits.  You need not worry.  Call on us.  Visit us.  Email me with your concerns or fears.  Come and partake in the Offering, give your heart and soul to God and I will lead you home.

It is that simple.  Even our misguided friend, Mr. Turner, could still be redeemed.  He may yet do so, or he may just plan on converting his Buffalo Burger place into a new facet of food service when the End Times arrive. 

Come and see for yourself.  We’re always home.

 Bless you all in my name.

Hello and good evening to you all.  I am Judas, apostle to Christ and you have managed to find yourself in the company of my blog.  Despite my absence in person, I do hope that all that I have to say…all that I have to offer you on this page will help inspire and motivate you to excellence in your life.  After all, it is the desire to perceived in the light of excellence before God that is the central and most important facet of humanity.  For where would be if we knew only the slovenly amplification of the distressed and disheveled, mired in a cast of sorrow without the finely tuned expectation of self?  I guess the answer would be, “nowhere within the etheral scope of God’s vision”.

I get emails religiously (sorry, I can’t help that one…one of my favorites) from followers of Christ who wish to know how one maintains a dignified and aesthetically pleasing image while still remaining beholden to the Christ we follow.  Believe me, it doesn’t happen easily, and you can stand and admire your attire all you wish in the mirror without finding that answer, I assure you!  I think though, dear reader, that if you aspire to public recognition by way of image, or if you long to empower yourself in the eyes of others, go no further than the look of Business Causal.  It is the penultimate trend of the 21st century and the modern means by which to acheive success without a complete overhaul of your wardrobe.

Our good friend Doug at Dress One offer these simple rules for the business casual look:

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Step 1:
Ask your human resources department for official guidelines. Business casual means different things at different companies. At a large corporation, it may mean a sport coat with a tie; at a smaller company, it may mean khakis and a polo shirt.

Step 2:
Before you go casual, check your daily planner to make sure you don’t have any meetings that require formal business attire.

Step 3:
Select clean, pressed and wrinkle-free clothes. Your outfit should communicate professionalism.

Step 4:
Wear a collared shirt with an undershirt. You can break up the oxford shirt monotony by wearing a linen or flannel shirt or one with a band collar. Knitted shirts and polo shirts are also generally acceptable. A casual sport coat is appropriate.

Step 5:
Wear khakis, chinos, corduroys or other non-denim slacks. Check your company’s policy before you decide to wear jeans to work.

Step 6:
Be sure to wear a belt, and have it match the color of your shoes.

Step 7:
Wear socks that match the color of your pants leave white socks or tube socks in your gym bag.

Step 8:
Choose oxfords, loafers, rubber soled leather shoes or boots for casual day. Wingtips are often too formal. Worn-out shoes, sandals or athletic shoes don’t make the grade.

The Corporate World’s other “Billy” showing you how it’s done.

Informal Attire is another great use of proper business ettiquette to get yourself noticed and to stand out without standing in front of those you were meant to stand beside.  Either one of these methods is deemed appropriate in most corners and can easily offer you opportunities you might not have had otherwise.  Most importantly however–if you don’t feel marvelous, you can never look marvelous!

Keep an eye out for further tips.  I’ll be watching!