Stupid Human Tricks – What a Lovely Building

Greetings Dear Reader,

I often mention the church I attend and my love for it.  Several years ago we moved into a new building that was both expensive and massive.  The electricity of the moment when we had our first service there was vibrant.  The senior pastor started each of the services there the first day the same way.

Our church provides excellent coffee for the thousands who attend each week.  Our pastor began every service that day by intentionally pouring some of that coffee on the carpet on the platform.  In the service I

attended I could hear the gasps of others as he did this.  His statement that followed was very clear.  “This church is not about the building it is about the people.”  They constructed the building

I think that the church in the world could make a vast difference if it showed as much care for its people as it does its edifices.  We do not need another gold cross or marble floor.  We need to put all of our resources into the people that Christ loves.  The stupid human trick is believing that the building matters.  It should be clean and safe.  It should be used.

I must assure that I never see the edifice as what matters.  It is always the use of it to further the Gospel that matters. 

The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead – Crash Test Dummies

The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead – XTC

Let’s Begin…

Peter Pumpkinhead came to town

Spreading wisdom and cash around

Fed the starving and housed the poor

Showed the Vatican what gold's for

But he made too many enemies

Of the people who would keep us on our knees

Hooray for Peter Pumpkin

Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead?

Oh my!

Peter Pumpkinhead pulled them all

Emptied churches and shopping malls

Where he spoke, it would raise the roof

Peter Pumpkinhead told the truth

But he made too many enemies

Of the people who would keep us on our knees

Hooray for Peter Pumpkin

Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead?

Oh my!

Peter Pumpkinhead put to shame

Governments who would slur his name

Plots and sex scandals failed outright

Peter merely said

Any kind of love is alright

But he made too many enemies

Of the people who would keep us on our knees

Hooray for Peter Pumpkin

Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead?

Oh my!

Peter Pumpkinhead was too good

Had him nailed to a chunk of wood

He died grinning on live TV

Hanging there he looked a lot like you

And an awful lot like me!

But he made too many enemies...

Hooray for Peter Pumpkin

Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkin

Hooray for Peter Pumpkinhead

Oh my oh my oh!

Doesn't it make you want to cry oh? 

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store."