What can John Edwards teach the church?
This has been an interesting week in politics, particularly for the democratic party in South Carolina. It seemed that every time I tuned into CNN Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama were saying, “You said that,” or “You’re misinterpreting me.” This became real old real quick until John Edwards figured out that people were tired of the bickering. He seized the moment and started each message by saying, “While the other two may be fighting, let me tell you what my campaign is about.” While I’m not going to weigh in on the candidates, I think Edwards can teach us something about being the church.
The church, it seems the non-denominational Christian Churches especially, like to bicker. We argue about this and that, air our arguments in the public until they split off of the fifth or sixth Christian church of Whereverville. Meanwhile the world, secular philosophy, or simply other churches say, “We’re not fighting, come and listen to what we’re about.”
There is a void of unity which is creating a vacuum of peace in our faith landscape across America. Perhaps we’ve lost sight of what we’re fighting for so we decided to fight ourselves! Meanwhile, people are leaving our churches and bypassing them for other alternatives. We need to stop the fighting, start proclaiming our positive message of hope and become a force of change in society. I’m not talking about some cheap political gimmick, I’m talking about reclaiming the purpose and power of God to accomplish his mission of reconciliate.-
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