this one is for you!

[itgetsmenowhere]

one summer when i was in highschool, my family and i were on vacation and decided to visit a church in the town where we were staying. at the end of the service, the pastor asked if anybody wanted to become a christian. he said that people could repeat a prayer after him and become a Christian, right there at that moment in their seats. he said

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i am like you

[itgetsmenowhere]

i have seen plenty done in the name of God that i am sure God doesn't want anything to do with. i have lots of reasons for bailing on the whole thing. i am also like you because i have a choice. to become bitter, cynical, jaded, and hard. anybody can do that. a lot have. hatred is a powerful, unifying force. and there is a lot to be repulsed by.

or,

[itgetsmenowhere]

like you, i can choose to reclaim my innocence. we can choose to reclaim out innocence together. we can insist that hope is real and that a group of people who love God and others really can change the world. we can reclaim our idealism and our belief and our confidence in the big ideas that stir us deeo in our bones. we can commit all the more th being the kinds of people who are learning how to do what Jesus teaches us.

i am not going to stop dreaming

[itgetsmenowhere]

of a new kind of faith for the millions of us who need it. i am not going to stop dreaming of new kinds of communities that put the love of God and the brilliance of Jesus on display in honest, compelling ways. i am not going to stop dreaming of new ways to live lives of faith and creativity and meaning and signifigance.

but i can't do it alone.

[itgetsmenowhere]

i need you. we need you. we need you to rediscover wonder and awe. we need you to believe that it is really possible. we need you to join us.

it's better that way.

it's what Jesus had in mind.

(post and comments drawn from the book "Velvet Elvis" by Rob Bell.)