***I'm not going to lie, this particular entry is going to be a little religious, a little opinionated and therefore a little liberal, and a little loudmouthed. You are warned.***
There are time when you just want to bash people's heads together and say, "Why don't you see it...the rest of us do!" Of course, there are also times when you just want to bash people's heads together to hear the hollow coconut-like sound it will make.
I went to look into a church for future visitation as a campus ministry and they are a member of my national church (ELCA) but they are also a member of something called LCMC. I'm not sure if you heard of it, but it certainly made my blood boil. It very much reminded me of someone else's blog I had read recently about a very similar sort of "clash in philosophy" shall we call it? Here it is.
Of course, it also reminded me of a song I have on my iPod and play quite a bit. It is called If We Are the Body, and it is by Casting Crowns. I love it and definitely take it as my personal philosophy. It really plays into my "openly religious" attitudes.
Anyway, here it is...enjoy...
"It's crowded in worship today
As she slips in trying to fade into the faces
The girls teasing laughter is carrying farther than they know
Farther than they know
But if we are the body
Why aren't His arms reaching?
Why aren't His hands healing?
Why aren't His words teaching?
And if we are the body
Why aren't His feet going?
Why is His love not showing them there is a way?
There is a way A traveler is far away from home
He sheds his coat and quietly sinks into the back row
The weight of their judgmental glances
Tells him that his chances are better out on the road
Jesus paid much too high a price
For us to pick and choose who should come
And we are the body of Christ
Jesus is the way"
I don't know, there are certain parts of it that are a little too definitive for my taste, but the general gist is good and I like it...just something to think about.
Happiness--and hopefully love and welcomeness, too--in whatever you do...
jcm
p.s. I know that this seems to be doing the same thing to others as I am complaining about them doing. But, I am one of those people who believes that there are certain situations in which prejudice towards a prejudiced person is the only way.
There are time when you just want to bash people's heads together and say, "Why don't you see it...the rest of us do!" Of course, there are also times when you just want to bash people's heads together to hear the hollow coconut-like sound it will make.
I went to look into a church for future visitation as a campus ministry and they are a member of my national church (ELCA) but they are also a member of something called LCMC. I'm not sure if you heard of it, but it certainly made my blood boil. It very much reminded me of someone else's blog I had read recently about a very similar sort of "clash in philosophy" shall we call it? Here it is.
Of course, it also reminded me of a song I have on my iPod and play quite a bit. It is called If We Are the Body, and it is by Casting Crowns. I love it and definitely take it as my personal philosophy. It really plays into my "openly religious" attitudes.
Anyway, here it is...enjoy...
"It's crowded in worship today
As she slips in trying to fade into the faces
The girls teasing laughter is carrying farther than they know
Farther than they know
But if we are the body
Why aren't His arms reaching?
Why aren't His hands healing?
Why aren't His words teaching?
And if we are the body
Why aren't His feet going?
Why is His love not showing them there is a way?
There is a way A traveler is far away from home
He sheds his coat and quietly sinks into the back row
The weight of their judgmental glances
Tells him that his chances are better out on the road
Jesus paid much too high a price
For us to pick and choose who should come
And we are the body of Christ
Jesus is the way"
I don't know, there are certain parts of it that are a little too definitive for my taste, but the general gist is good and I like it...just something to think about.
Happiness--and hopefully love and welcomeness, too--in whatever you do...
jcm
p.s. I know that this seems to be doing the same thing to others as I am complaining about them doing. But, I am one of those people who believes that there are certain situations in which prejudice towards a prejudiced person is the only way.
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