invisible ones

Years ago I had the joy of writing a spoken word script for a video called  "Fast Forward: A History of the Church" as part of the Global Leadership Summit, (2007-ish).  This is an excerpt from the piece.  


This is about the unseen saints and heroes that keep the Church, with all its foibles and faults, alive.  There have been many of these strong, quiet souls over the centuries, whose names we will never know... as there are today.


You know who you are... 

invisible ones 
             

i want to ask you Church

how have you survived?

what mighty engine keeps your cells alive

what great heartbeat has sustained you

when pain contorts you

and sin stains you

through the trough of human sorrow

who has lifted you

to tomorrow?

there are

and always have been

the invisible ones

who never made a name

rejected fame

the brick and pillars

the crossbeams of the church

they have stood up for justice

stooped down to serve

reached out to heal

sheltered the defenseless

mothered the motherless

lifted the depressed

and loved the despised

it matters that they lived

it matters how they died

it matters that they answered the call

without them

the foundations would groan and crack

and finally fall


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I just (!!) discovered (through Google archaeology), that Fast Forward: A History of the Church is posted

in its entirety, subtitled in Spanish:

http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=6DWZGNNX

It's also posted in 2 parts, subtitled in what i believe to be German:


part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jet-Dx8DD7E&feature=related
part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2WoK9LoPlE&feature=related


Caveat:  This video is many years old now :-)