Sorry, I'm a Christian

Hey world. My roommate posted this to his facespace the other day and it resonated with me. As you know, I'm a fan of Don Miller. In his book, Blue Like Jazz (which sorry, I keep harping on about), he and his friends at Reed college in Oregon put together a "confession booth" wherein, rather than people coming in and confessing to them, they confess to the people, apologizing for the terrible things they've done, the terrible things Christians over history have done, the way Christians fail in their daily lives and end up as hypocrites. This is a modern, poetry-jam version of what I imagine Don saying to people. In fact, it recounts several things he does mention saying in his book. Anyway, this guy Chris Tse is pretty great.

Warning, he uses language many would term, and in fact one comment-poster labeled, "non-Christian" (ie the f-word). This comment-poster questions Chris Tse's identity as a Christian because of the use of this one word and the way he describes the failings of the Christian church. The comment poster said we should pray for Chris Tse to know Christ. To me, it is blatantly obvious that this poet is Christian, is expressing his raw anger and sadness and repentance for the things he and others have done in the name of Christ. I think we need to be careful to use "prayer" as a form of pity. It seems at face value that this poster pities the poet and is using the term "pray for him" to condemn the poet. Let's not use "prayer" to slight someone, but to lift them up. And let's refrain from judging. ( I know, hypocritical I am--judging this comment-poster to an extent). Anywho, let us lift one another up and bear with one another in love.

Sweet, enjoy the video friends. I hope it finds some relevance with you.