How Can We Worship A Homeless Man

We Do Need To Be Born Again, Since Jesus Said That To A Guy Named Nicodemus. But If You Tell Me I Have To Be Born Again To Enter The Kingdom Of God, I Can Tell You That You Have To Sell Everything You Have And Give It To The Poor, Because Jesus Said That To One Guy, Too. But I Guess That's Why God Invented Highlighers, So We Can Highlight The Parts We Like And Ignore The Rest.

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.

The More I Travel, The More I See How Important It Is To Each Population To See That Their History Of The Good And The Bad Is Remembered By Others.

We Can Ignore Suffering No Matter Where We Live. There Are People Who Live A Few Miles From Me Who Never See Much Poverty Or The Injustices That Live On Our Doorstep.

There Is Real Value In These Local Congregations. For Me, A Lot Of It Is The Value Of The Sacraments We Share. In Neighborhoods Like Ours, The Churches Provide Stability.