KEEP IT REAL!

I have an awesome friend in Sacramento. He was always telling me to keep it real. Not that I was prone to doing anything else, but he was talking about doing church.

He was and is right.

It's not that church is not all about keeping it real, but just like anything else, if you lose touch with the culture you live in each day, living up to the title of this blog becomes really tough.

Just because something is available to us doesn't mean we have to do it. Many things are illegal, injurious, and just plain stupid. You don't have to dress like Will Ferrell in his new flick to be hip! In fact, please stay away from the tight bball shorts and too tight for sanity jersey!!!! Likewise you don't have to get lit each weekend to fit in nor do you have to sleep around to feel loved and accepted.

Similarly with the church, it doesn't have to be a place that is heavy handed while talking about love and mercy. Nor does it need to be sissified to the point where biblical truth is muddied and confusing. Keeping it real is dealing with the reality of our days and the turmoil of our times in such a way that brings purpose and meaning into everybody's life.

So, if you are out of date and out of touch, get with the program!! And if you wearing yourself out tyring to be 'all that', well, remember, everybody can tell if you're the real deal or not.

Just keep it real!

MTC!
Mark