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04 July 2007

On fire for the politics of Jesus 

2007.07.04 - Landisville youth
Originally uploaded by Jeremy B. Yoder.

After a challenging day in the Delegate Assembly, I have to admit I wasn't sure I was up to joining tonight's joint youth-adult worship session. Big crowds sounded stressful, and (although I know their value to others) instrumental praise songs aren't my cup of tea. I came all the same because I wanted to connect to Landisville's youth group while I'm here, and it was awfully nice to sit down at worship with a little bit of my home community. Then I heard that the speaker for the night was a Pentacostal preacher and amateur magician, and I started to regret coming.

Boy, was I wrong. Paul Alexander (bio on the San Jose 2007 site; scroll down to Wednesday evening to find him) gave a profoundly powerful testimony about his rediscovery of Pentacostalism's roots as a peace church with the help of none other than John Howard Yoder and the MCC. In a message perfectly tuned for 4 July, he reminded us just how radical it is to defy the culture of nationalism in favor of allegiance to God's Kingdom. It was truly spiritually refreshing.

Labels: church, San Jose 2007

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