A friend of a friend once shared that, moments after his baptism, a church leader admonished him: “Well, Jesus has done his part. The rest is up to you.” For this individual, Christian character was a duty by which we get the rest of the way to heaven after the initial “boost” from Jesus.
On her 2004 album, Natasha Bedingfield released a song called “Unwritten.” The song imagines that our lives are stories which are in the process of being written. Here’s the first part of Bedingfield’s song:
I am unwritten, can’t read my mind, I’m undefined
I’m just beginning, the pen’s in my hand, ending unplanned
Staring at the blank page before you Right Turn: Turning Lives Around Through Conversation
Penn Jillette is one half of the magic team known as Penn and Teller. He is widely known for his hard to believe illusions. But Penn is also known for his disdain for Christianity. Penn writes and speaks often against religious belief. In an on-line video blog, Penn tells of meeting a Christian man after a magic show. The man tried to share his faith with Penn (in Penn’s words, the man tried to “proselytize” him.) Here’s what happened…Right Turn: Turning Lives Around Through Community
A Place of Weakness
David often had moments in life when he came to a place of weakness. A point of panic. A time of terror. An area of anxiety. Goliath may be the most famous incarnation of one of those instances. But there were others. Many others.