Just because my politics are different than the sickening woke mob doesn't mean that I can't do nice things for people just because.

#prokindness

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What if they feed my bad wolf?

It has been said that the wolf you feed is the wolf that grows.  You know, there are two wolves inside us all?

I am not ignorant to the fact that I have much anger inside me, as we approach IWD.  I'm just tired of being at fault for others' suffering by virtue of the fact that I am a man.  Judge me by the content of my character and not by the colour of my penis?

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The Day Allelujah Ended

We're not supposed to say it in Lent.  I've already sung it twice by accident.  Lent is to be a time of solemn prayer and fasting, abstinence.  So, Ash Wednesday can be viewed each year as the day that allelujah ended. 

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Hippies

My Hippies are liberals, for sure.  I have no doubt.  That’s why I could never be a member of the clergy; I would find it very difficult to be all things to all people.  It causes me enough grief as I even try to witness.

 

Jesus Revolution

I went to watch a movie with Cindy and some friends last night.  It was about a story about a spiritual awakening in the 60s.  There was a lot for me to unpack in that movie.  

Originally, I didn't want to see it.  The actor that plays the Hippy pastor is the very same man who plays Jesus in The Chosen.  For me, he'd been typecast, and I didn't want to see him in this role.

Also, I went with some evangelical friends.  And, they were overly excited about this movie before it even arrived in the Stratford Cinaplex.  I had my reservations.

It was very good.  Cindy loved it.  She plans to go back and see it again.  The scene with the first baptism, the baptism at the cove in scene with the young skeptic main character, was moving for me.  And, there was a lot about human nature in this movie, good and bad.

We all have our Hippies

My evangelical friends would no doubt have seen the original state of Calvary Chapel as the rigidly judgemental Catholic or Anglican traditional Church. But, in truth, we all have our Hippies, each of us and every denomination. 

The current traditional Anglican Church's Hippies are the conservative, the traditionalist.  For the evangelical Churches, their Hippies are the LGBT+ crowds.  

We all have our Hippies.  I've said it many times:  One thing that humans have gotten excellent at over the last 10 thousand years is forcing others how to think.  And, we practice the heard mentality, going after those who are different.  Chasing off the slow, old, weak, sick buffalo lest it infect the rest of the heard, spread it's thoughts and change minds. They're not like us.

Like the Pharisees, we judge, exclude, and push people away from Him too.  We're good at it, even when we've convinced ourselves otherwise.

It's not 1969

My friends longingly yearn for a contemporary awakening.  Can it happen now?  I mean, with God all things are possible.  So, yes is the short answer.  But, it's not the 60s.  Most people are not Christian anymore.  Sure, the Hippies were mostly un-Churched; it's true.  But, America was Christian around them. We're an increasingly immigrant nation.  Islam is growing.  To the uninitiated, which is more true?  Which is more compelling, more evangelical?  Who even cares about Christianity?  And, who are we to tell God how to work?  The Hippies were looking for truth, and Christianity was there to fill the void with the Jesus People.  It's a much different world than it was in the 60s. 

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Bad Words

Bad words that were taboo and could get you in trouble were once of a religious nature, taking the Lord's name in vain, Jesus Christ, God damn it, etc...  Once, bad words were vulgar too, sh1t, fvck, p1ss, c0ck, cvn+, etc...

We still have bad words that are taboo today, although the above are all acceptable in general conversation.  Bad words are now female, male, freedom, profit, freemarket, fiscal responsibility, individual liberty, individual responsibility, equality, self defense, property, pro life, Christian, conservative, etc...

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Bad Person

I already know I'm a bad person, that's why I need Jesus.  But, I can get into a religious monologue on another occasion. 

So, I went to the Rotary Complex to run today.  On the track, on the third lap, a hockey game started.  They began with the singing of Oh Canada.  I was the only person in the arena who didn't stop, which would have wrecked my workout.  Does that make me a bad person?

I felt bad, felt the stares, so I started to sing as I ran.  Another runner stopped, stood ramrod straight, and faced the flag.  He was not necessarily a new Canadian, but was of a darker skin pigmentation. Leading me to wonder, did he feel he would be harrassed for his lack of attention due to race?  Or, maybe, he was very patriotic.  New Canadians tend to be, often.  My family has been here since the late 1700s, and I prioritized running.

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