catching his breath

To love do the things you don’t have to. 
To love pray for those who don’t for you.

To love move beyond what feels secure.
To love wade into the dark unsure.

To love set no boundaries or conditions.
To love forsake the path of least resistance.

To love see beneath the outer layer.
To love seek out what is just and fair.

To love peer into a person’s eyes.
To love look beyond the failed disguise.

To love would halt a world of violence.
To love would leave all rage in silence.

To love would transform the world we see.
To love begins with you and me.

What do you think about the song? The short film?

The song blows me away…”If I can change I hope I never know.” How many live with these feelings?

I’m still baffled by the short film. It’s powerful but in a way that words can’t explain. And this is why I believe that those who follow Jesus must wrestle with art expressions such as this video.  Yes, we’ve often done a great job of engaging our intellect as we attempt to discover the human condition. But what about engaging our soul? Our emotions? Have we thrown in fully, (emotionally, spiritually, soulfully) to find solidarity with the society in which we find ourselves?

What people in our neighborhoods, schools and jobs face often defies articulation. Can we meet the mess of life without words? Yes, but.

Doing so means that we must open the emotions of our life to the vulnerability of being torn deeply by things to painful for words. Will we wear the scars of a neighbor’s wounds?

I’m always on the look out for artistic expressions of the gospel story. This takes me to Peter Rollins blog a lot. He didn’t disappoint today by featuring the artist Kseniya Simonova, winner of Ukraine’s Got Talent.

I can’t help thinking how her incredible talent would be a tremendous way of drawing people into the heart of God and life’s deeper realities. It did it to me.

Check her out on You Tube. Here’s a video to get you started.