A while ago I was asked to write an article for the Baptist Union magazine Baptists Together. 
That magazine has now been circulated around Baptist Churches and you can download a PDF version of the magazine here. There are lots of excellent articles in it on the wider subject of church for all… and there’s my article too! The article has also been published in a shortened form by ethicsdaily.com and you can see part one here if you are interested.
Be blessed, be a blessing
Some of the children in one of our Sunday morning groups were invited to write a letter to the church. They have been exploring some of the letters written to the churches in the New Testament and were given the opportunity to write to our church.
Some of them will be read out on Sunday morning in our Harvest / Communion service so I won’t quote them now. Perhaps next week…
One of them (cheekily?) wrote this:
Everything is awesome
Everything is cool when you’re part of a team
Everything is awesome
When we’re living our dreamEverything is better when we stick together
Side by side
You and I
Gonna win forever
Let’s party foreverWe’re the same
I’m like you
You’re like me
We’re all working in harmonyEverything is awesome
Everything is cool when you’re part of a team
Everything is awesome
When we’re living our dream
Those of you who have seen the Lego Movie are now singing it in your head. If you haven’t seen that film it’s worth watching – it’s not just for children. There are all sorts of ways in which it can be seen as a parable, as an exploration for the nature of God, good vs evil and so on. Plus it’s great fun!
Look again at the words of the song, though. They really could be a letter to our churches. And not just churches on their own, but groups of churches in a town, or in a denominational stream, or worldwide! Try placing the words as a template over your church. Do they ring true? If not, perhaps God might be saying something to us.
In some ways I am sad that this ‘letter’ was filtered out. The message is a great one, an optimistic one, a challenging one and yet one that contains hope.
Perhaps we should sing it in church instead!!!
Be blessed, be a blessing.
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