I admit, living in Catholicville I don't get out much, and I tend to avoid big box, corporate type stores.
I never had a problem with Hobby Lobby. I share their Christian/family values. However, a number of my customers were offended enough by their Christian message that they won't shop at Hobby Lobby and the only reason the boss sent me is because the atheist who normally runs these types of errands refused to go. So, naturally, I was curious to see what the fuss was all about.
I always assumed being a Christian business that they would attract Christian customers and sure enough, once there, I could tell they were Christians by their t-shirts.
You'd think that for a store that is crawling with young, fresh-faced employees that someone would ask an obviously confused, elderly shopper if I need any help in the twenty minutes I wandered their aisles, but no. No help came until I reached their very well staffed cash registers. It only took an employee and her manager about ten minutes to accept my business check.
And then there's the matter of their charging well over retail for common items.
I guess it's not fair to expect more from a business that flaunts it's Christian values, but as I reflect back on the rows, of temporary, artificial and cheap junk and the corporate nature of the service, I can't help to connect them to modern day Christianity and in a age of strip mall churches, creation museums and contemporary Christian artists, it actually all makes sense.