Healer

Recently Michael Guglielmucci has confessed to having lied about having cancer.  For those of you who don't know him, he is an Australian Pastor who wrote a song called "healer". It was very successful in the Church and the Australian charts.  His father is a prominent Christian in Australia also.  Many people were moved by his story of being diagnosed with terminal cancer to the point of giving money.  In the last few days he has been interviewed by a prime news channel in Australia to say that the reason for his fraud was due to a long life of pornography addiction.  

Since this has all been exposed Christians around the world have had several reactions to the story.  Some are quick to point to grace, others are praying for him, and some just feel really ripped off and lied to.

Other than feeling really sick about it, it brings about a whole exposure of another kind that actually makes me quite hopeful.  It exposes the celebrity culture that our Church seems to condone, and perhaps raises the questions about accountability and relationships within the Church.  I believe that whilst we are busy DOING Church, we forget to just BE Church.  To love each other, to spend time with each other, to get to know one another beyond our giftings, abilities, and contributions.  Perhaps if Mike had a buddy who just went fishing with him on the weekend, maybe just maybe as simple as it seems, the real sin could have had a place to be revealed.  The real hope lies in striving to have deep relationships with each other, and with God.  To hear the Holy Spirit speaking to us about this stuff.  And to have the courage to get involved in each others lives, warts and all. 

Whilst I have heard one too many leadership messages in my life, the message of Accountability has somehow gotten lost in our quest to DO Church.  Perhaps its time we got back to basics. 


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