Well, what shall I write tonight?\u00a0 Nothing too down tonight.\u00a0 There\u2019s plenty to cry about but let\u2019s raise our spirits instead.\u00a0 You know I talk about how a leader is what we are missing.\u00a0 But maybe a Caesar is not what we need.\u00a0 Maybe we need a Preacher.\u00a0 The churches have mostly rotted away and it shows.\u00a0 People are empty and bitter and alone.<\/p>\n
A man of the spirit might be exactly what this country; even this world needs.\u00a0 Someone who could speak to us about how to fill up the void with meaning.\u00a0 Give people hope.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think it will be someone who talks only about the hereafter.\u00a0 It will need to be someone who has practical advice for this world.\u00a0 And he can\u2019t be a televangelist, at least not at first and never only.\u00a0 This will have to be a hands-on man who builds his flock around him and builds some kind of community that helps people in the here and now.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s needed is a church that harnesses the people to help each other and builds something where everyone gets a sense of belonging to something worthwhile and true.\u00a0 I think someone who could make that happen would rebuild this country.\u00a0 It would have a place for all the parts of the community.\u00a0 There will be things for the young, the mature and the old to do.\u00a0 The young will learn, the old will teach and the grown-ups will support it with their time and money.\u00a0 Eventually there will need to be a school to teach children the lessons they can\u2019t learn in the public school.\u00a0 Ideally, one day there should be a university too.\u00a0 There should be youth organizations and sports teams.\u00a0 There should be fraternal and sorority organizations for the kids and grown-ups.\u00a0 Something will be needed to replace things like the Boy Scouts.\u00a0 And the adults need their clubs too.\u00a0 And the church should have charitable functions.\u00a0 But these need to require that those who have been helped pay it forward by contributing their efforts to the community.<\/p>\n
And what creed will this be?\u00a0 Well, it will be Christianity but it will be non-denominational.\u00a0 It won\u2019t require that you have a required doctrine on the Trinity or the Immaculate Conception or Limbo.\u00a0 If Jesus runs the Heaven you are trying to get in then you fit under this tent.<\/p>\n
Well, that\u2019s what I think we need.\u00a0 People need to belong to something that provides a way to organize with their neighbors in a way that gives them a sense of community and fulfills their desire to belong to something constructive and adheres to what they believe is the good.<\/p>\n
But how do you order up a holy man?\u00a0 They only show up once every five hundred years.\u00a0 The last one was Martin Luther (which was about five hundred years ago!).\u00a0 They say that God provides what is needed.\u00a0 Well, I think we are beyond need.\u00a0 We\u2019re desperate.<\/p>\n
So, whether he calls himself Brother or Father, Padre or Reverend; it\u2019s exactly the right time for a revival.\u00a0 In fact, it may be the only thing that can save us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well, what shall I write tonight?\u00a0 Nothing too down tonight.\u00a0 There\u2019s plenty to cry about but let\u2019s raise our spirits instead.\u00a0 You know I talk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[86,4570,3745],"class_list":["post-29007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","tag-religion","tag-religious-revival","tag-traditional-religion"],"yoast_head":"\n