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<pre wrap=""><big><big><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.wimp.com/choirvoices/">http://www.wimp.com/choirvoices/</a>
A friend sent me the above link with a note:
"I want to do this!"
So of course I had to check it out.
But what struck me as Eric was explaining how it came about, was that here was an incredible illustration of Christ and his church. Back when Jesus was putting together explanations in parables, and Paul was explaining how things worked, nothing like this existed or I expect they would have used it.
I couldn't help thinking as I watched, about how God wrote the piece and uploaded the image of his Son conducting: the framework for people to follow. And how people from everywhere join in. Not limited by being on the far side of the world, by being 400 miles from the nearest town, not even by time or the passing of ages in God's work. Everyone singing their part and sending it in.
"...from every tribe and tongue and people and nation..."
Eric's narrative in the beginning, was a description of the impact God expects his church to have on the world around:
"Everything was in black and white, and suddenly, everything was in shocking technicolor"
"transformative experience"
"dissonance and harmony... people together...with a shared vision"
changing lives and setting people on a new track, energized with vision
And when jotting this note, my thoughts wondered how far the analogy would go. I tried writing something like "...limited only by owning a computer and having access to the internet...", and it seemed at first glance that the analogy ended before that. But does it?
<big><big></big></big><i>"How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how
can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can
they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" Rom 10:14,15</i></big></big></pre>
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