Barneyisfat

The Fringe sat around a grouping of tables. Every person leaning in towards the woman speaking. Landa talked with us about every area of our lives and how to apply Christ to each area of said lives. There's nothing fantastic about Landa L. Cope. She is an older woman with short spikey hair and black-rimmed glasses. Her smoker's laugh and scrunched up smile are laughable. And yet everyone, the dozen people who refuse to identify themselves with the main-line Christianity so prevalent on TFC, all sat around her drinking coffee, leaning in, and doing everything in their power to not miss a word.

She hasn't said anything new (except the word "boob," which I imagine has never been said in the chapel before.) Her points are insightful, but not extraordinary. So what sets this woman apart from all of the other chapel speakers? We talked about sex for probably half an hour. We laughed heartily (she made a joke alluding to the fact that God made our arms long enough for self-exploration - and how funny it would be if our arms weren't long enough), but she came to the same conclusions that all of the obese, white, old, male preachers have come to. What makes us so compelled.

I think it's the Holy Spirit. There's something extraordinary about the way she presents herself - extra enough to let everyone know that this isn't Landa we are seeing, but rather Christ Jesus himself. So, I had coffee today with Jesus. Actually, quite a few Jesuses. (The plural of Jesus? Jesi?) Around that table sat quite a few people in whom I see our Savior on a daily basis.

I have a renewed hope. I want people to see the Savior in me.