A STRATEGY FOR JOY

This You Tube video was made in March 2009. That morning in the Antwerp, Belgium Central Train Station, a sound track of Julie Andrews singing "Do Re Mi" began coming through the loud speakers. Then 200 dancers (who had just two rehearsals) began this demonstration of joy.

Dan Kimball notes that too much of the world has never met a true biblical Christian because so often we live in our Christian bubble with little regard for touching the lives of the world around us. In fact, we are more concerned about not letting their lives touch (and corrupt or trouble ours). When we do come out of the bubble it is like Jonah, angrily pronouncing judgment on the world. The world things of us as negative, angry people. Christians are not associated with joy.

An outward focused church wants to share the joy of Christ. It things of concrete, visible, irresistible ways to share the Good News. Maybe it's time for us to have a strategy for sharing the joy?

By the way - enjoy the video.