IN THE NAME OF LOVE

I
’ve been busy this thing is BIGGER. Ev- blind to the needs of
month. Festivals, erything, except youth the youth? It reminds
ministry events, ministry. me of the parable of
cell groups, preach- the prodigal son, where
ing, teaching and of It seems that youth the youth are the
course experiencing ministry always re- younger brother and
the biggest rock (wor- ceives the shorter end the church the elder
ship) concert South of things. They tend to brother. Both rejecting
Africa has seen - over receive the least expe- the father. The younger
100 000 people sing- rienced teachers, the brother rejects the
ing Amazing Grace and smallest venues, the father by doing im-
In the Name of Love... hand-me-down equip- moral things and the
communicating with ment and the smallest elder brother rejects
God, and not realizing budgets. I have often the father by doing
it. found that the church good deeds, but both
garden receives more are missing the point.
Yes, this month my funding and atten- Why didn’t the elder
body was working hard, tion than the church’s brother see the pain of
more than usual, but youth ministries. This the father and go and
my mind even more so phenomena in South search for the younger
than ever: Africa has become so brother?
obvious to the interna-
Everywhere I look and tional Christian com- He was too busy doing
everywhere I go in munity, that OM In- “the right thing”. Not
South Africa, I always ternational have asked In the Name of Love
notice one prevalent their members to but in self-rightious-
thing: The institution of specifically pray for the ness.
church and Christian- youth of South Africa.
ity. Christianity in the Are you living God’s
digital age has become Something just doesn’t given task for your life,
extremely marketable seem right, does it? or are you trying to
and dare I say it, prof- force God’s grace into
itable. One can see The church is doing your tasks?
this all around. Church righteous things. They
buildings are getting are doing good things You can serve only one
Newsletter #18

bigger and the sound which are not wrong, God, One Love
systems louder. Every- but in the name of
thing is MORE. Every- what? Why are they SURRENDER.