Coming Alive in Christ!

Something spontaneous and fun happened during our worship on the third Sunday in February. After a rousing rendition of "Lord of the Dance" by our choir, I suggested to Bob Mulford, our organist, that we make copies of the song and sing it again soon as a congregational selection. It turns out that "soon" was not soon enough.  One of our members spoke up and said that the song was in our Worship and Rejoice song book. Sure enough, "Lord of the Dance," by Sidney Carter, was right there on page #118. Unafraid to move in the flow of the moment, Bob said, "Let's sing it now." And, sing it we did, unrehearsed and unscheduled---all five verses. It was a lighthearted and enlivening moment that energized us all. 

Days later, I could still feel the aliveness of that moment. The fact is our faith in Christ is a faith of aliveness. In worship and daily witness, we celebrate the life of an amazing spirit who was so dynamically alive that death and the grave could not hold him down.

As we enter into our time of Lent, remembering the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, may we all seek with greater desire to become more alive in Him, in new ways.

With all due respect to the persons and stories we will be recalling in a special "Coming Alive in Christ! Lenten and Sermon Series," the deeper calling of Lent invites us to desire that Christ be more alive in us and our stories.     

Thank you, Choir, Bob, Muriel (our pianist), Faith, and congregation! Thank you for being open to that delightful moment a few Sundays ago. And, thank you for not being afraid to be Alive in Christ in this moment, and the moments to come.

Alive in Christ With You,