Visions Gospel Choir
I am spending a lot of time reading/meditating/studying Scripture these days. The Gospel of John gets a significant chunk of my time, thanks to Urbana. I am fascinated by Jesus' words about himself. He makes a particularly bold claim in John 12:32 - "And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself." (TNIV)
Last Saturday night Wash U hosted a huge party for the Class of 2013 at the St. Louis Science Center. Visions Gospel Choir, part of InterVarsity's Harambee chapter at Wash U, was invited to perform. I've been singing with Visions since last fall and it has been a great way to build cross-fellowship relationships and manage to have a musical outlet for myself!
There is something incredibly powerful about speaking - or singing - truth in front of a crowd. As I surveyed the freshmen gathering around us and leaning over the railings of the upper levels of the Science Center to listen to us on Saturday night it hit me that we were lifting up the name of Jesus in a public place and at the invitation of the university administration! Crazy, right?
I believe that Jesus speaks the truth. The drawing people to himself is his job, but we get to play our part in lifting him up!
Last Saturday night Wash U hosted a huge party for the Class of 2013 at the St. Louis Science Center. Visions Gospel Choir, part of InterVarsity's Harambee chapter at Wash U, was invited to perform. I've been singing with Visions since last fall and it has been a great way to build cross-fellowship relationships and manage to have a musical outlet for myself!
There is something incredibly powerful about speaking - or singing - truth in front of a crowd. As I surveyed the freshmen gathering around us and leaning over the railings of the upper levels of the Science Center to listen to us on Saturday night it hit me that we were lifting up the name of Jesus in a public place and at the invitation of the university administration! Crazy, right?
I believe that Jesus speaks the truth. The drawing people to himself is his job, but we get to play our part in lifting him up!
