"Basket Weaving"

When I was growing up I always thought the idea of church denominations was peculiar. I could never understand how God's VERY Word could be divided into so many different Bible versions, or that people could so differently interpret

God's daily design for living. So much so that we would need to compose completely seperate Denominational boundaries and the logistics that follow these.

I'm reading a book right now called "Love has a face" by Michelle Perry. A Missionary in Sudan who had several different people all different ages and from different walks of life, enjoying a camp-out fire at their school and orphanage. Some were students, some were visiting, and some lived there. She remarked how they were all bonding and enjoying the presence of God and community over marshmellows. She likened it to the baskets the ladies make in Sudan, that involve different types of dried grasses and varying colours, that interweave together to make a beautiful end result.

 "How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!"- Psalm 133:1

Now, I'm not saying that different church backgrounds can't come together in celebration and be effective in the Kingdom together. Far from it. I used to work at and attend a wonderful church in Toronto that incorporated and allowed people from all faiths and walks of life. It taught me a huge lesson in the blessing and power of inclusion. But I often have this dream that everyone will just kiss and makeup, and realize that Jesus' original vision and way of teaching included lowering people through roofs in houses, preaching by the seashore, mixing mud and spit for healing eye paste, and other unconventional methods. I honestly think people simply muddle things by putting too much organization, program, and a human-spin onto Something that is entirely God-breathed. Boy I can just hear the toes crunching as I gingerly speak my mind here...

"I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved Me.-"John 17:23


I want to meet all those fellow believers across my town that I've never seen before because they attend a different church; They must have the same love for God that I do. What a wonderful way to make new friends in the faith, and what a beautiful basket would be weaved.