Are you light-hearted?

Christ-followers are

Called to be light-hearted,

Full of inner brightness,

Radiating love, hope, and joy,

Shinning like beacons in the night.

However, too often our hearts

Have absorbed the darkness

Of our distressed and discouraged world.

Rather than dancing lights,

We’ve become night stalkers,

Imitating the darkness around us.

What can restore love, hope, and joy?

We must find the courage

To roll up our shades

And let one another see

The brightness of Christ

That’s been hidden in us.

What can let us see God’s light


Not just in spiritual heights,


But lived out by regular people


Who gather to be real


And to release the inner light


By openly sharing


The tenderness of Christ


That’s been working


Within each one of us?


The lost biblical concept


Of 1 Corinthians 14:26:


Ekklesia.


(To learn more about the New Testament concept of ekklesia, check out my book: Beyond Church: An Invitation To Experience The Lost Word Of The Bible–Ekklesia.)

(Experience ekklesia every Sunday morning at 10:45 at The Salvation Army Berry Street, 225 Berry St., Nashville 37207.)