What We're All About

From December 9, 2007

There’s a band that I used to listen to when I was in like the 8th grade. They sang a song called “What we’re all about.” The song was about how they loved to rock and it was what they were all about. It says, “Rock, it’s what we’re all about it’s what we live for, we want to shout it out.” Sum 41 wasn't too revolutionarywith their lyrics.

I love playing volleyball and even thought I’m not that tall my favorite thing to do is to block someone’s spike. If you ask me, it feels even better then spiking the ball on someone. I once blocked my friend Kyle’s spike which was a pretty big deal being that he is 6’7” and I am only 5’9”. It was pretty much the highlight of my life. The next time we played I was talking about how I love blocking and Kyle said, “Colter’s all about blocking.” Which is true, I love it. When I play volley ball, it’s what I’m all about.

When you’re all about something it means that it’s the center of your actions. It is what is on your mind the most and it is what you love. You place it above almost anything else. When I play volley ball I'm pretty much only thinking, "What could I do to get myself in place to block someone?"

The other day I saw a man wearing a shirt that said inspi(red) on it which is a campaign to stop war in Africa. Now I know it is not my place to judge who is a Christian or not but I began to wonder if he was. Of course people who aren’t Christians can do positive things and support good causes but I feel like the people who should be supporting these causes the most are Christians. People go to church and they support the church and do the good Christian thing. What people forget is that there is a world out there that is suffering and in a great need of help. The purpose of a community is not to just to sit there and believe in the same thing. The purpose of a community is to be united in our actions and thought when it comes to the world we live in. When Jesus was around I am pretty sure he spent more of his time in the world then he did in the confines of a Church. He gave all he had to the poor and the hungry whether they were a Christian or not. He loved everybody no matter what. Jesus was all about love.

Once when I was at a worship gathering I noticed a frame that was on every table. Inside the frame was a card with some writing on it. It said, “Imagine the impact if every time the homosexual community heard the word Christian, they thought of the people who lovingly ran the AIDS shelters. Imagine the impact if every time a feminist heard the word Christian they thought of the men who held their marriage vows and were faithful to their wives.” I have grown up as an actor so all throughout high school and my first parts of college I had many friends who were either gay or feminists. As a Christian I got a lot of negative looks and comments from these people. Why is this? Because most of the homosexuals I knew had been told by Christians most of their lives that they were going to hell and that they’re lifestyle was wrong. Most of these women had been told by Christians that they need to just submit to men and serve and they shouldn’t be able to speak as loud as a man.

The other day I was reading in Matthew about when Jesus made a trip to Galilee. He ran into a bunch of homosexuals and women who believed they should be above men and he damned them all to hell and told them they were wrong. Wait a minute, that’s not in the bible. Actually the other day I was reading about how Jesus loved people even though they had sinned.