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We’re All in This Together is more than a statement of fact. Its cold reminder, a re-reading, if you will, from God’s dictionary:
The Church: (Greek kyriakon, "thing belonging to the Lord"; also ekklesia (Latinized as ecclesia), "assembly"): 1 - The instrument designed by the will of heaven to tell humanity that God wants them to know, “We’re all in this together.” 2 – The hands of Jesus, the feet of Jesus, the Heart of Jesus, et al.
God never ceases to amaze me. Convincing the church to be the church is the single most important task of our generation. Everything hinges on it. Yet, the clearest attempt to do just that, at least that I’ve seen in years, comes in the form of a feature length doc based on the collected musing of an un-kept, English slurring, guitar-slinging Ausie-band that was edited at pee-your-pants-speeds, and sent out via satellite to grace the popcorn halls of North America for one night only. Genius. What good can come out of Nazareth? Ask the boys in Sydney. They have an answer for you. You may want to take notes. Here’s a few scribblings from my mental trapper-keeper.
1. There is no poverty that Jesus cannot prosper. There is no sickness that Jesus cannot heal. There is no cycle that Jesus cannot break. There is no way that he cannot win.
2. Justice is worship. Worship is justice.
3. I don’t have to get it, to do it.
4. I have to do it if it is going to get done.
5. Rock’n’roll is God’s idea.
How do I turn inspiration into inspired action? I’m not exactly sure, yet. But one of us will have the revelation. That’s why we’re all in this together.
What did the film prompt you to write in your mental trapper-keeper (you know, the one with the A-team montage on the front…)?
What’s a practical way that WAPT can go beyond its own walls to effect and affect lives in our community?
1 comments:
I was really struck by the boldness of Joel and the boys to say that poverty will never go away and that injustice will always be with us, but yet, we are commanded to battle both. I thought they brilliantly explained that contradiction by differentiating systemic problems from the individuals that experience those problems.
November 8, 2009 at 8:25 PMThat is, no amount of passion and coordination will solve the problems of this world. But even a single act of love has the power to transform a person's soul for all eternity. Perhaps the fact that these problems *are* unsolvable makes our attempts to fight them even more poetic and profound---and impactful to those who experience our kindness.
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