About a week and a half ago, I had the chance to walk in the Vancouver Pride Parade with my partner’s congregation – Shiloh-Sixth Avenue United Church. Most of us wore white t-shirts with Shiloh-Sixth’s logo emblazoned on the back. We wanted people to connect our joy of being present with our understanding of Shiloh-Sixth’s Avenue United Church’s mission and ministry.
It got me thinking.
It got me thinking about whether or not our lives would change if we could be seen to be part of a group or cause – or faith – that mattered to us.
What would our lives say if we visibly connected them to our faith? Say, wearing a bright yellow t-shirt with the words, “This action brought to you by one of Christ’s disciples (UCCan version!)”
I’m sure we’d still do some stupid and less-than-compassionate things. I know I go there when I’m exhausted. And we’d have to deal with apologizing. We’d have to deal with the epithet of “hypocrite.”
On the other hand, the world might actually see that there are forms of Christian faith and life that are really working at walking the walk.
I have often had that thought when looking at all the MEC (Mountian Equipment Coop) badges on the people on my bus. I wonder be interesting to be able to religious poll the bus in that same way.