Discipleship Minute: Jello Through A Straw
From My Radical Heart
A few years ago, when this blog was born, motivation came from my memories of revival. True revival, like I experienced in the 60s when I met Christ in the Jesus Movement. Writing a new book answering the question, “Whatever happened to the Jesus Movement?” I couldn’t deny my disappointment with the state of the church today. Not my personal church, Church of the Open Door, but the church in general.
The answer to that question, “Whatever happened to the Jesus Movement” re-radicalized my heart. A growing dissatisfaction with the caricature of Christianity we’ve settled for moved me to see if there were others like me.
First I finished the book, Reborn to Be Wild, and then I started this little blog.
Jello Through a Straw
And then people started writing me to tell me how they felt about church. Pretty discouraging. Most feel like they’re stuck in church purgatory, that meaningless shadow of religious doings driven by guilt and shame and led by ego maniacs building their personal fiefdoms masquerading as visionaries who are cheered by the churchiest of people
Trying to express our worshipful service to Christ through the sick churches of America is like trying to blow Jello through a tiny straw. Keeping Sister Wheatcakes and Brother Blowhard happy is wearing us out.
A Better Option
I have an idea. Let’s tell Brother Blowhard and Sister Wheatcakes what they can do with their controlling church politics and fearful theories of separation. What if we just let them have their McChurches? What if we just walked away and refused to fight? What if we just started praying for revival and looking for churches that did stuff that really mattered? What if we just started telling people about Jesus and encouraging them to follow Him?
Questions:
What if we just threw our straws away and started pouring Living Water into the lives of the hurting, the disenfranchised, the needy, the lonely, the desperate, and the confused?
What if we did that?


Faith!
Why So Negative?


