when Gospel Magic goes wrong

Working as a Gospel magician in the Middle East can have its challenges. One is the heat of the savage summers can really mess up your props. Glues melt, plastic warps and before you know it you are ambushed in the middle of a magic show or presentation by faulty props.

My most memorable faux pas occurred in Egypt when I was performing a Drink in News routine where you pour water into a folded newspaper and then turn the newspaper upside down over a volunteer's head. The trick is that the water has disappeared completely and does not come out of the paper (thanks to a special plastic bag which is glued inside the paper). On this occasion though, the sun had melted the glue that held the bag and before my eyes and the entire audience of an Egyptian church the bag slid out on top of my volunteer and burst - drenching her and ruining her dress with a sticky mixture of glue and water!

Another time I was using one of the Axtell drawing boards and the heat had warped the mechanism which allowed a drawn face to become animated. I had to improvise and do something completely non magical.

What are your stories of Gospel Magic going wrong?

theology of gospel magic

For a direct link to a free down book on the Theology of Gospel Magic. Click

http://www.gospelemagic.com/gmtheology.pdf

This deals with a Biblical approach to presenting Gospel Magic which may be helpful to those of you who are under pressure to come up with a hermeneutic for why you are using Gospel Magic in your ministry.

Hope it is helpful

Blessings

revq8

great free downloads on gospel magic here

Dear All

One great site for those of you who are into children or youth ministry is www.kidology.org

They have loads of sections and resources including a newsletter. But for you Gospel magicians out there, there is a section with free down loadable gospel magic tricks which you can check out without having to sign up to anything. Check it out.

Blessings

magic in Arabia

The whole experiment of blogging is new to me and I am learning fast as to why people use it for marketing and conveying information. I live in Kuwait where blogging is very popular. It is used as a way of communicating views and opinions on local politics and religion which can get a bit scary as there are certain taboos which are illegal.

One area in the Islamic world which can be misunderstood is the entertainment form called magic. Witchcraft, sorcery and black magic are illegal in the Middle East and you can actually go to jail on the charge of sorcery. In fact in Saudi Arabia someone was excuted last week on the charge of witchcraft. So for you magical entertainers who do card tricks and sleight of hand - you have been warned.

See freedownload on http://www.gospelemagic.com/ all about origins on Gospel magic.

Free downloads

The most widely used word in search engines seems to be the word free. This is a great marketing tool and I find it is the top word used in locating my website on Gospel magic. See www.gospelemagic.com

There is a free downloadable ebook on why Christians can use Gospel magic as a tool for preaching and teaching the Christian message. Watch out for more downloads soon.