the apostle
i met a real live apostle the other day. at least that's what the flyer from his latest crusade said. no offense, but i couldn't help but think of bobby duvall & his portrayal of the apostle e.f. in the movie aptly titled the apostle.
the dude seems knowledgeable enough, it's just that his timing & sense of discernment in regards to relevancy seem to be a tick or 2 off. while i know that truth is always truth regardless of time or situation, it just seems to me to work a lot better when contextualized into a fluid space in time when trying to relate it to another. 1 w/out a working sense of relevancy seems much akin to the guy trying to kill a fly w/a sledge hammer.
i'll try & elaborate...
the apostle was telling a tale about the trip to home depot today & how he decided to help himself to a ladder in the store to reach something on a top shelf. when the sales clerk approached him about it to tell him that that wasn't cool for him to do & to please allow her, he responded w/some diatribe about political correctness & how we're in such a mess because we don't really believe in the bible. of course she just looks @ him like he's got 3 heads, gives him his merch & ambles away.
just another story 'bout a weird xtian hunh?
sadly...
i'm afraid that we discount the presence of the spirit & rely soley on the amount of our understanding, which is far too often than not very, very limited. i've yet to enquire as to how this cat has come to the place where he calls himself apostle. i'm not really sure that i can stomach the tale.
just another story 'bout a weird xtian...
sadly...
the dude seems knowledgeable enough, it's just that his timing & sense of discernment in regards to relevancy seem to be a tick or 2 off. while i know that truth is always truth regardless of time or situation, it just seems to me to work a lot better when contextualized into a fluid space in time when trying to relate it to another. 1 w/out a working sense of relevancy seems much akin to the guy trying to kill a fly w/a sledge hammer.
i'll try & elaborate...
the apostle was telling a tale about the trip to home depot today & how he decided to help himself to a ladder in the store to reach something on a top shelf. when the sales clerk approached him about it to tell him that that wasn't cool for him to do & to please allow her, he responded w/some diatribe about political correctness & how we're in such a mess because we don't really believe in the bible. of course she just looks @ him like he's got 3 heads, gives him his merch & ambles away.
just another story 'bout a weird xtian hunh?
sadly...
i'm afraid that we discount the presence of the spirit & rely soley on the amount of our understanding, which is far too often than not very, very limited. i've yet to enquire as to how this cat has come to the place where he calls himself apostle. i'm not really sure that i can stomach the tale.
just another story 'bout a weird xtian...
sadly...
posted by lee at 10:13 PM
2 Comments:
Great story. Thanks for sharing. Lot of wierd folks out there speaking on behalf of God. It seems to always revolve around what their against, in staed of what GOd is about-- love.
Pull out your harp and violin, I'm getting all "touchy feely".
Hope you guys are well. Just rying to get my head together for a move to Philly.
Love & Peace.
so. you want us freaks to leave the representation of an unexplainable God to you khaki wearin, fish on your car driving, no passionate worshippin, american dreamin folks who have a common idea of faith???
what ever
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