I Love This Man

Dadgummit. 

Pastors of churches aren’t supposed to be cool and witty while at the same time reflective and contemplative.  They’re not supposed to have a handle on the world around them while preaching their pie-in-the-sky claptrap.  They’re not supposed to have great oratorical stylings and at the same time be able to move you by their written word as well.

I like to think I can write decently.  See, i just did!  I wrote ‘decently’.  Well, technically I typed ‘decently’.

 But the problem comes when I read what I just read.

About eight years ago I met this guy who would cut up in Greek class and introduced me to the X-Files.  It was a match made in heaven.  Heck, before comic book movies were all the rage, he would spend countless hours casting yet-to-be-made comic films in his head!

Fast forward several years to when he married my wife and I.  It was one of two non-negotiables in my wedding (the second was playing U2’s ‘Beautiful Day’ for the recessional).

Fast forward a few more years to now.  The man’s getting a third degree at Duke, is my pastor and writes stuff like this!  I have no hope of achieving any measure of writing success when guys like him exist. 

So go ahead, bookmark his site.  I’ll understand.  And even if you’re not into Christian stuff you should still marvel at the depth and insight present in his writing.

Then you should come to our church.

~ by nathanrouse on September 6, 2007.