It Was a Hot August Night
Nobody brings it like The Diamond (A Beautiful Noise, I Am I
Said, and who can forget Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show)? Diamond
seems irrelevant to young people and then they get older and find his genius.
Sounds like the church sometimes.
"It Was a Hot August Night" is the opening to
Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Song--a gospel influenced nod to Church
Revivals. When Neil Diamond performs this song best, he becomes the very
preacher, “Brother Love.” We will become the participants in a revival in our
own unique way by riding, running, and walking to a special place of prayer on
Sunday afternoon, August 30th. You really should try this special
opportunity for recreation and faithfulness.
Once when Neil Diamond gathered at L.A.'s Greek Theater he
wondered if his career might be over and if this gathering would be his
farewell performance. Doesn't the life of a church plant always follow such a
similar identity crisis? Diamond has gone on for another half century of
performing and writing meaningful music. And so too, the church will go on--be
it the Tobacco Trail Church or other church plants and other long-standing and
historic churches. But these ministries
will look different than the ones that came before them.
Are you afraid? Or are you excited? Or, are you both?
Let's raise some money to help the Tobacco Trail Church meet
ministry goals this fall. You can give before the event at the website –
tobaccotrailchurch.com. Let’s continue to ask the necessary questions to
follow.
