Exodus II (Moses)
Moses was the first word-of-mouth social and viral sensation. In part because he was the anointed father of the listicle. Everyone talked about his “how to” tablets: “Ten ways to live your best moral and ethical life!” But nobody understood better than Moses how hard it was to attract and then keep followers from falling away, even without a wonky algorithm.
Job
Survey after survey suggests that most people haven’t read the Bible in its entirety – even among those who claim to read their Bible. A little-known fact is that most people who claim to read the Bible don’t read the Book of Job as it sounds too much like work. It gets me thinking about those sassy girls in Sunday School with their iPhones. And I think maybe Job on TikTok is the answer. People love watching the misery of others. Maybe it becomes an evangelizing strategy that attracts all of the out-of-work persons to JobTok to hear the Good News, which is really filled with a whole lot of bad news for Job. Sure, it’ll be a leap, but look at where we are.
Thad DeVassie is a writer and artist/painter who creates from the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio. He is the author of Splendid Irrationalities, which was awarded the James Tate Poetry Prize in 2020 (SurVision Books), and Year of Static (Ghost City Press, 2021), a micro-chap containing 11 original paintings and micro prose that evolved into the art exhibition, LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR. Find more of his written and painted works at www.thaddevassie.com.
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