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The big black van rolled up to Lititz United Methodist Church in Lititz, Pennsylvania, with Jan and myself inside.
We had two shows to do there. Although I must be honest, there are religious folks who do not like it when you call it a show, and also become quite indignant if you use the word “performance.” (Candidly, the only exercise some human beings get is fidgeting their brain with nonsense.)
So to keep peace, let me just say that it was after the “Second Encounter of the Church Kind” that a lady approached me, hugged me around the neck, pulled back slightly, looked me squarely in the face with tears in her eyes, and said, “Thank you for the common sense.”
It amazes me that anyone can read the Gospels and not come away from the experience realizing that Jesus was a promoter of common sense. Matter of fact, you could sum up his whole philosophy of life with one simple phrase: “To he who much is given, much is expected.”
That is a healthy dose of common sense.
The people I met on Sunday morning were courteous, caring, fun-loving and hopeful. You could change the world with such an army–that is, if you fed them with common sense. Perhaps a definition is due at this point, since I’ve been throwing around the term.
Common: we’re all human.
Sense: we all can learn.
That’s what it takes, folks.
When some people think they’re better than other people, creating a hierarchy among the Homo sapiens, any sense of fellowship disappears.
And if we don’t think we have anything to learn, all the good stuff that God could give us is limited to our own tightly wound minds.
Lititz was a snapshot of Middle America without any touch-up or air brushing.
- They aren’t perfect because if they were, we’d have to hate them.
- They aren’t all pretty, because if they were, we would feel intimidated.
- They are mortals in need of common sense.
They come to church with a look in their eye that says, “We might be ready. We’re not sure. If your ideas are too crazy, we’ll move on down the road. But we might be ready. There’s a chance we’re prepared to leave the foolishness of religion, the insanity of politics and the selfishness of prejudice and find common ground.”
But they also communicate that they would really appreciate it if you’d be gentle. The mean-spirited approach of our present social structure has left many a soul wounded and frightened.
And finally, I think there’s a spirit in this country–a desire, if you will–to make it plain. Everything is too complicated. Break it down into its parts–and let’s take one part at a time.
The good news is that the uproar of ridiculous debate over nothing in this country has produced an appetite for common sense.
The better news is that Jesus has already given us the bacon and eggs.
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