Finding Place

As I work on my The Illusion book, I came to a chapter on Place, entitled “The Illusion of the Exile”. Most of us live as Exiles, lost to Place. My own city of Portland was started by exiles looking for that lost Garden. Paul Tournier makes an incredible statement in his book A Place for You.

“He who once had the experience of belonging to a place, always finds place for himself afterwards; whereas, he who has been deprived of it searches everywhere in vain.”

When I lost my wife to leukemia some 15 years ago I lost Place. I found Place again in a small group a few days ago. I found Place again eating dinner with a lady a few weeks ago. And last Monday I found Place again watching and listening to a video on YouTube. Want to risk that last one yourself? (Click the icon in the lower right of your video window when it opens in Window Media Player to see it full screen.)Hosanna:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7SMUf6QcyQ&feature=relatedYou may not see the significance there. This generation is a lost generation to what many of us know as the “church”. Only one in ten of this generation is in “church” each week. Yet here are thousands of young people here with their hands raised in praise. Brooke Fraser, the singer, doesn’t appear to be even there. She’s at some other Place. You can follow the blogs from this event and hear what happened to the youth who were there. Or you can follow the ministry of Brooke on YouTube and see more of her heart. She walks the talk.Get the lyrics and chords at:http://sembah.blogspot.com/2007/03/song-hosanna-hillsong-united-all-of.htmlInterview with Brooke Fraser on Hosanna:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sABWDaRX1E&feature=relatedVideo of her trip to Africa:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYHfATfarNo&feature=relatedShadowfeet with Brooke Fraser (I love this):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4KiGN1j1No&feature=relatedLyrics at: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/brookefraser/shadowfeet.html