started and finished a book called "movements that change the world" by steve addison.
addison has a strong case for movements. movements are outpourings of the one true movement. That the need and desire to tell what God has done in your life is the exact glue that binds truth with movement through history. It wasn't the amazing ability of any one man that made movements possible, it was the strong desire to love and share what God had done and what He could do for you. The same is true today. Addison ends with this "What part will you play?"
After putting this read down, this morning I picked up another called
"Jesus wants to save christians" by Rob Bell. I am nearly half way done with this book. It seems as though Bell wants to drive home the cyclicality of humanity. That there is nothing new under the sun. That the suffering that once pushed us to the cross becomes the success that causes us to forget the exodus. An excerpt of that dancing off the pages this morning. That's always the danger, isn't it?
That we'll be broken,
our empires will collapse,
we'll cry out for help,
and when that help comes,
when we get back on our feet,
when there's money in our account again,
and things are back to how they were,
the danger is that once we get it back-
whatever "it" is-
we'll forget what just happened.
have you forgotten what happened?
