| | Posted On Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 11:29 AM
What are your thoughts on the flim? Initially exciting because the group orchestrated a live-cast-launch into the film release. Then i thought the film ended 7 times... ;)
Lets not let this go to 'waste', what was your take-away?
Lets not let this go to 'waste', what was your take-away?
Good Food, Good Friends, Good Film
Wow.... Tam has bigger eyes than me!
Edible Unibrow
Ladies!
David tried to take a bite out of baby Karter. Hi Jeff & James!
Alan, eating as fast as he can with Supervisor David
Jerm sneaking away to Bathroom
Escalator 1, up to AMC 16!
Escalator 2, up to AMC 16!
EThen the Nigt-cap at BJ's Brewery
My take away line is that the 'Church is meant for those outside the church'... I butchered the quote because I don't recall verbatim, BUT, my take away is the idea that church is to become a home for those who are not. Not in terms of conversion, or a 'number'... but of a real life finding a place of love, which is foundational on Jesus himself.
The Major point is that regardless of where you are in life, poverty or wealth, sickness or in health, we all need love. Because Jesus suffered the greatest injustice, and still chose to love, so too are we enabled.
Oh... and i didn't expect the movie to be that 'long'. But i appreciate it. :)
My take away was that the Message is perfect and beautiful. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the Gospel. However, the people delivering the Message are flawed; it's Christians who muck it up.
This made me realize that not only do we (flawed, imperfect, *human* Christians) muck up the Message for others when we don't deliver it right, we also distort our own personal understanding.
The Message is SO simple - Jesus loves you.
Jesus. Loves. You.
So simple, so basic, and yet we still manage to screw it up. We add things to it, and like Dr. Jeff Louie said, church somehow became not about the Message, but about something else entirely.
Jesus loves you. That's it. And life - mine, yours, and six and a half billion others on this planet - is God's story about that Message.
My favorite quote from the movie:
"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do." -Helen Keller
So, now that you've seen the movie, are you going to do something about it?
The church is the people. It's not a building. It's not a charity. It's not a social club for Christians. It's not a logo. It's the people. And people can love. And we can love others. If we do nothing else, let's love others, because we're the church. And we're here to share God's love to everyone.
RE VMO: I am going to do something about it. I am going to do something about it... but I don't want to go in alone right now because i fear it'll be a 1-shot and then never again. I will have LSF Santa Clara more involved with the community and finding out how to meet the needs here. What are the needs? Honestly, i have no idea?