—GhandiA Visit to Michigan and Madison Square Church
I guess the main reason I post to this blog so rarely is because I feel like it needs to be be more than a glorified twitter feed. Does anyone really want to know what I had for dinner, what I'm thinking or whether my stomach is upset. The answer is obviously a resounding no.
So as I struggle to think of something profound or meaningful, I often find, there's nothing that is worthy of the expectation that anyone would take five minutes out of their day to read this thing. Maybe, that's why there are so many dead blogs and so many people have migrated to twitter. At the end of the day, reading 140 characters is a pretty low commitment to ask for.
I say all that, just to say, read the following post at your own risk. It's not profound it's just something that happened this weekend.
Saturday morning we headed up to Grand Rapids, Michigan to visit my daughter Michal at Calvin College. It was a nice drive and that evening we went to the fall concert, which was amazing. Imagine a performance that includes Classical, Gospel, Show Tunes, Jazz, High Church and Chamber music. And it was all spectacular.
On Sunday, we visited the church Michal has been going to, Madison Square Church. The place had an oddly compelling energy. As you looked around the congregation, the diversity was pretty impressive. A small choir, lead the worship music and I was surprised by the soul they with which they infused every song, even an old hymn like It Is Well.
Here's the bottom line: That's what connects with this generation. The idea that a relationship with God will actually make this world better. That people who might hate each other without God, come together in peace with Him. But often, they see people fighting over styles of music. They see protesters shouting invectives at those with whom they disagree. They see political agendas and hypocrisy. What a shame!
So as I struggle to think of something profound or meaningful, I often find, there's nothing that is worthy of the expectation that anyone would take five minutes out of their day to read this thing. Maybe, that's why there are so many dead blogs and so many people have migrated to twitter. At the end of the day, reading 140 characters is a pretty low commitment to ask for.
I say all that, just to say, read the following post at your own risk. It's not profound it's just something that happened this weekend.
Saturday morning we headed up to Grand Rapids, Michigan to visit my daughter Michal at Calvin College. It was a nice drive and that evening we went to the fall concert, which was amazing. Imagine a performance that includes Classical, Gospel, Show Tunes, Jazz, High Church and Chamber music. And it was all spectacular.
On Sunday, we visited the church Michal has been going to, Madison Square Church. The place had an oddly compelling energy. As you looked around the congregation, the diversity was pretty impressive. A small choir, lead the worship music and I was surprised by the soul they with which they infused every song, even an old hymn like It Is Well.
Here's the bottom line: That's what connects with this generation. The idea that a relationship with God will actually make this world better. That people who might hate each other without God, come together in peace with Him. But often, they see people fighting over styles of music. They see protesters shouting invectives at those with whom they disagree. They see political agendas and hypocrisy. What a shame!
