Our pastor John K. focused his message on Revelations 7:9-10 which states: "After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice: 'Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.'"
A picture of a community in complete unity among all nations, tribes, and tongues. We learned that only 5-8% of our nation's churches are integrated - a horrible statistic. There was an analogy that at a baseball game depending on where your seat is, you have a different perspective and experience of the game. It is the same game going on the whole time and not one perspective is more valid than the other, in fact taking everyone's perspective you get a more complete view of the game. We should approach life, work, church, etc in this manner as well - taking everyone's unique perspectives to get a more complete view.
John closed with a perspective that in my opinion is quite profound: Though I have never persecuted or enslaved anyone due to the color of their skin, I have lived a life of privilege and advantage partially due to the fact that others before me did.
While America has made much progress, we're still not where we need to be. So I hope that, as Dr. King stated so eloquently,"I have a dream that
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