Heather Headley-Musso is a Tony Award– winning singer who has traveled the world with Andrea Bocelli and sung for presidents. She and her husband, Brian, a former NFL player, attend our church, and she frequently leads worship. I have always been a little amazed that they chose our church as their home, so when I got the chance, I asked her why. “I come to this church because you preach to me different than I preach to myself,” she said. “I am always telling myself that God loves and will forgive, but here I can hear the things of the Lord I don’t prefer but know to be true.” That was an affirmation of what I want to communicate here. Church has to be about helping people discover what they can’t get anywhere else. But has church not, on many fronts of late, been about the very opposite ? God forgive the church of Jesus Christ for trading its birthright access to the transcendent for the pot of stew that is horizontal helpfulness. How shortsighted and human centered. The outcome of this disaster is that we have created a Creator in our own image who weeps, cares, and longs to help, but in the end we doubt He can because we have made Him so much like ourselves. In making God our buddy, we find Him nice for cuddling but not much help when the hurricane comes. MacDonald, James (2012-08-01). Vertical Church: What Every Heart Longs for. What Every Church Can Be. (pp. 54-55). David C. Cook. Kindle Edition.
Posted on: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 20:19:35 +0000
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