I like Steve Kropp's song "Undignified." It's all about being a fool for Christ's sake. That's biblical (1 Corinthians 4:10), you know. Many Bible characters employed shocking, unconventional behavior to challenge accepted norms, deliver prophecies or to mask their piety. They were -- well -- different from the crowd.
The Apostle Paul's statement in the NIV says, "We are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, we are dishonored!"
He is aligning himself with the Prophets of Old and pointing out that foolishness is in the eye of the beholder and can be a means to wisdom. See Job 5:13
He also said "If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a "fool" so that he may become wise" (1 Cor 3:18).
Eugene Peterson, in The Message, says it like this: It seems to me that God has put us who bear his Message on stage in a theater in which no one wants to buy a ticket. We're something everyone stands around and stares at, like an accident in the street. We're the Messiah's misfits. You might be sure of yourselves, but we live in the midst of frailties and uncertainties. You might be well-thought-of by others, but we're mostly kicked around. Much of the time we don't have enough to eat, we wear patched and threadbare clothes, we get doors slammed in our faces, and we pick up odd jobs anywhere we can to eke out a living. When they call us names, we say, "God bless you." When they spread rumors about us, we put in a good word for them. We're treated like garbage, potato peelings from the culture's kitchen. And it's not getting any better.
Are you willing to be undignified so that someone can become wise in Christ?