Movements and moments

This whole blog deal is kinda cool. I read about 7 blogs A day, comment on a few and learn what is up with people. I had a person comment a few days ago, turns out he was in my ministry at one point. Pretty cool stuff.

getting my head around being the church lately. Being rather than becoming. Being the church deals with needs. Deals with crackheads, homeless people, hurting folks, folks who admited they have not figured it out yet, non religious.

going to church deals with religion. A place to worship, a place where someone else is supposed to teach my kids scripture and about sex. Someplace where I can tip my hat at Jesus while he comps me for a blessing like I am a gambler at a casino at Vegas.

the funny thing about a movement is that when it takes off, people want to jump on board. Seven sons of a certain Sceva dealt with that when they tried to cast out some demons in the "name of Jesus whom Paul preaches." kind like trying to get the hook up cause my brothers cousin' uncles sister knows a maid of someone in the band.

moments where Jesus reaches a need through obedience and compassion is a place in time when it flows like a Stevie Ray guitar lick on a spring day with the windows down. It fits, seems right, and means something.

moments where my greed and self reliance seem to be the point are like walking through chest high mud trying to get the flip flop you lost on the first step.

moments in the movement where all is right...Where Jesus gives Himself, where worship is not about getting nothing but Him, when the Holy Spirit has to speak cause I do not have any words, when the brightness of His beauty causes me to hide my face, when the glory of His holiness causes me to tremble in fear and wonder, when I can't speak, I can only bow...These times are majestic, wonderful, amazing, untouchable, forever, fascinating, weird, scary, lovely, and welcome.

I read a sign in Starbucks the other day. Describing their new chocolate drink. "If you were to describe it's chocolateness, you would deplete the world of adjectives."

funny. But we should feel like this when we describe our Jesus, or worship or our bible reading, our love for Him.

I, and others I have read, go way out of our way to describe what others should do and where they should go, and how they should act in certain situations. While we relegate words to explaining Jesus to...Awesome.

is that all you got????