How Can We Worship A Homeless Man

We Give People Fish. We Teach Them To Fish. We Tear Down The Walls That Have Been Built Up Around The Fish Pond. And We Figure Out Who Polluted It.

There's An Understanding Of Common Prayer That I Think We're Seeing Grow, More And More. When I Travel, I Hear From People Who Are Deeply Touched That Our Common Prayer Takes Time To Remember Some Of The Terrible Tragedies That Have Happened Around The World.

Somehow Jesus's Reputation Has Survived All The Embarrassing Things That Christians Have Done In His Name.

I Always Tell Our Community That We Should Attract The People Jesus Attracted And Frustrate The People Jesus Frustrated. It's Certainly Never Our Goal To Frustrate, But It Is Worth Noting That The People Who Were Constantly Agitated Were The Self-righteous, Religious Elite, The Rich, And The Powerful. But The People Who Were Fascinated By Him, By His Love And Grace, Were Folks Who Were Already Wounded And Ostracized — Folks Who Didn't Have Much To Lose, Who Already Knew Full Well That They Were Broken And Needed A Savior.

That Is Part Of Our Critique Of Some Of The Charity And Service Work Is That We Can Still Keep Relationships At A Distance By Creating Programs That Offer Services But We Don't Really Create A Reconciled Community.