Of Saviors and Superheroes
Posted on February 18th, 2012
My earliest memories were in church. Life began and ended there. My life began there, and, some would say, my “real life” as a child of God began there too. We went to this remarkably big church for a while in Broken Arrow, OK, which is just outside of Tulsa. It was your typical early to mid-eighties Charismatic church. There was singing and dancing galore – holy rollers to be sure. I have a vivid memory of that church because, apparently, that’s where I “accepted Jesus into my heart.” “Accepting Jesus into your heart” was a big deal in my family. It seemed like every moment of your life your family would look forward to you “getting saved.” It happened to me when I…
Tagged: church, conversion, holy ghost, holy roller, holy rollers, salvation, worship
