Free hugs?

I came across to this video when surfing the TIME magazine website. It was one of the 10 webvideos worth watching of 2006. True story~

it was title: Free Hugs Campaign. Inspiring Story! (music by sick puppies)

“Unlike other cities, in L.A., nobody touches you. We miss that touch so much that we crash into each other just to feel something.” from the movie “Crash”

Wednesday Reflection Week 2

Today we had two group discussions regarding the content of Lohfink’s book. Our group spent most of the time in the question of the church (rather than in the “mission of Jesus” or “kingdom of God”). That is probably because we are more familiar with the idea and the institution of the church rathen then the idea of Kingdom of God. We, and the book, have concluded that the church is the community of believers who trust in the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ. What I noted in the group discussion, and want to restate, is that the main word among that definition should not be the “community” but “Jesus Christ.” I am saying this becuase today many believers have overemphasized the idea of “community” and in the idea of taking care of one another to the point that the church became a social gathering where the need of the individuals are met. If the “people” becomes the focus of the church, it only means that we have imported the consumerism model into the church. I believe we must focus in Jesus Christ and in his resurrection. The gathering of believers can only become a true church when we are transformed and united by the power of the blood and the resurrection of Jesus Chirst.