Thursday
Since I've gotten here, we've been listening to *Hot 97 Boston* on the radio quite often. The announcers and ads have not stopped talking about the upcoming Univer-Soooouuul Circus since I've been here. There's one ad in particular that is especially annoying:
"Mommy! Mommy! Mama! Mommy! Mama! Mommy! Mama! Mama! Mommy! Mommy! Mama! Mama! Mommy! Mama! Mama! Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! Mama! Mama! Mommy! Mommy! Mama! Mommy! Mama! Mama! Mommy! Mommy! Will you buy me tickets to the Univer-Soooouuul Circus?"
Whenever we hear this ad begin, we immediately change the station. Jason pointed out that while the Univer-Soooouuul Circus might be great, this just makes him want to get as far away from it as possible.
I thought this was an interesting analogy for Jason and Derrick's relation to the church. Both of them believe in God, but neither wants to have much to do with the church or organized religion. Jason has seen too many hypocritical Christians, and Derrick feels like everyone involved in the church is just too focused on money, like the church is a business.
Maybe the church is great, but some Christians make people want to get as far away from it as possible. Maybe we need to take a bit more to heart the words of that good ole song "They Will Know We are Christians by Our Love".
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The lightning strike that took out the huge Jesus statue on I-75 has gotten a lot of people talking about the money originally spent to build the statue and whether the church should rebuild or use the money for something else. The question is - what draws people to Christ? I think mostly it is seeing Jesus not in a statue but in someone you know.
ReplyDelete“Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.” -St. Francis of Assisi (I like this quote and I think it applies quite nicely).
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