So, there was this kid. I wouldn’t call him agnostic, but…he was toeing the line. He was dragged kicking and screaming to the first gathering of The Lab. Protesting the whole time. When he walked up those stairs into that art gallery, he knew he was walking into the same old thing, the same old tired message, the same guilt, the same out-of-touch story. But his experience at the gathering… well, it didn’t add up. It wasn’t what he expected.
He came back.
And he kept coming back.
A couple weeks ago, we sang this really cheesy worship song. You know, the kind that gets a little sappy, a little too “Jesus is my boyfriend-y”, the kind this kid would have rolled his eyes about not too long ago. As we’re singing, I look at this guy… and he’s worshipping. He’s connecting. He gets it.
Later on, that guy went out with some folks and said that for the first time, he felt like God was speaking to him. For the first time, he was truly experiencing the creator.
People keep asking me how it’s going at The Lab. People keep asking what we’re about. I hope that this sums it up. We’re a new expression of Jesus’ love, pointing towards the same old transformation.
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One word: “Awesome!”