After attempting to type out a post like ten times......I found a post I liked better than all of my feeble attempts combined from a guy named Tim Schraeder. When it comes out on DVD, I plan on watching it a again with a notebook and pen by my side.These are some of his tweets, tweeted during the movie, as seen on his post about the film.. I encourage you to read the original post too.
- Maybe the human race [for possessions, fame, power] isn’t meant to be a race at all.
- Loneliness is one of the most extreme forms of poverty.
- Too often we dwell in the past or focus too much on the future that we miss this moment.
- The future will be written by the way we respond to moment that’s in front of us.
- If what happens inside the four walls of the church doesn’t make a difference in the streets that people travel to get there, then maybe we are missing the point.
- We’ve trained ourselves to look past the needs.
- Ignorance isn’t just sleeping through the fire, it’s really just fanning the flame.
- Love has been reduced to define what makes us feel good.
- At the core of who we are, every single human being craves the same thing… love
- Jesus is the ultimate expression of God’s love to humanity.
- Jesus didn’t die to give us religion, He died to give us love.
- Our weakness is a place for God to show His strength.
- God’s picture for the Church for us to be the light to the world around us.
- For too long the Church has made a big deal about the small things, and a small deal about the big things.
- Preaching does not come from the pulpit, it comes from the people of God living their lives out for Him (Brother Andrew)
- We don’t just attend church, we are the Church.
- The Church exists for those outside of it.
- If we want to make history, we need find our place in His Story.
- The love of God cannot be measured but it can be demonstrated.
- We need to preach the Gospel with our actions.
- We’ve made a dangerous division between what’s sacred and what’s secular; nothing is secular, everything belongs to God.
- If you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem.
- What we are not, He is.
- The greatest of these is love.
Amos 5:21-24 (The Message)
"I can't stand your religious meetings.
I'm fed up with your conferences and conventions.
I want nothing to do with your religion projects,
your pretentious slogans and goals.
I'm sick of your fund-raising schemes,
your public relations and image making.
I've had all I can take of your noisy ego-music.
When was the last time you sang to me?
Do you know what I want?
I want justice—oceans of it.
I want fairness—rivers of it.
That's what I want. That's all I want.
Jesus didn't die to give us religion,
