Bret Foster has a friend named Steve Beard who runs a website called Thunderstruck.org. Thunderstruck links to stories on the internet that deal with faith and pop culture. While visiting his blog one day I saw a quote by Steve Colbert from Comedy Centrals hilarious Daily Show spin-off The Colbert Report. Here's the quote:
"I love my Church, and I'm a Catholic who was raised by intellectuals, who were very devout. I was raised to believe that you could question the Church and still be a Catholic. What is worthy of satire is the misuse of religion for destructive or political gains. That's totally different from the Word, the blood, the body and the Christ. His kingdom is not of this earth."
I thought that was a great quote.
It's tempting to get excited whenever you find out a celebrity or someone you look up to believes the same way you do. Unfortunately, that feeling is usually rooted in a whole "Look! I told you Christians were cool!" attitude, which really isn't very useful. The joy should come from the fact that one more person is aware of Jesus' love and trying to live it out in their daily lives. It should be the same feeling whether you find out a celebrity is a Christian or the guy that delivers your mail is.
The rest of the short interview can be found here.
And yes, in case any of you think this sounds familiar, this is a repost from the old Reverb blog. I was watching Colbert last night and remembered writing about all of this and thought I'd use the new blog to revisit the idea.
1 comment:
What? Re-use an old idea? How...unimaginative of you!
Just kidding! This is very kewl! I agree that it's exciting when you find others who are believers. Or even seekers. I find myself being drawn to certain people in my customer base. They have a certain...aura, for lack of a better word, about them. The exhude energy, they are positive. In conversation I learn they are Christians. On the other hand, I have a friend who asked me if she and her kids could come to church with us. She has "bad church memories" from childhood. SHe has since decided to try other churches as well, but I am just psyched another one of my friends is seeking answers. Sometimes, it gets me rejuvenated when I hit a "plateau" to find either species.
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