Reverend Shoehorn’s word:

I was working on a traveling preacher character today for a little film I’m working on. Basing it one of my uncles who was a traveling preacher—an itinerant revivalist, they used to call it. Anyways, interesting the sermon i came up with that he wanted to preach. It was all about a new re-formation, or deeper re-formation!

From a new reformer (I’m calling this preacher Reverend Shoehorn) i came across today, he was talking about the new reformation going on now….that is inside of people. His little homily went like this:

“The new reformation!

The re-formation was just a start of a deeper formation of Christ in people. In our times, He wants to go deeper, baptizing people more fully into His Name, and therefore, our own true names or identities. The result will be authentic spirituality. So people won’t have to stumble over the unnecessary stone of the forms of the church. This is Grace really. For if He is more at the Center, then we build the outer more creatively, less legalistically.

This makes the outer forms more authentic perforce (many are working on the outer before the inner, He’s working in reverse-inside to out- but He wants to go more deeply in, which will transform the outer expressions), but also has a greater clarity of simplicity in authenticity. This movement will be marked by simplicity and diversity of expression.

For to be more deeply in His Name, is to express more fully our true names! Our names are written and hidden in His, as He taught St Peter!

Also the deeper we go into His Name, the more we will feel united with those in His Name, so ecumenism will take care of itself!

To be baptized more deeply into His actual Name is the call of our times, in the midst of increasing tumult. Christ wants to come closer, eclipse and come into more of us. Make us more fully human, while simultaneously making us more “not, but Christ”. Show us our true names, while we lose them! Exciting times of opportunity to go deeper and enter another level of re-formation, a depth formation, for those who want to be more fully in Him! Let’s!”

Anyways, i enjoyed discovering this character’s sermon today through the creative process, and starting to develop what he wants to say about the spiritual climate now! Fun way to explore. I learn so much through my art process. Plus, what he had to say felt true about now.