I heard this song sung by Alanis Morisette the other day on the radio. \u00a0It’s actually a wonderful reflection on the doctrine that makes Christianity so distinctive- the notion that in Jesus Christ God became “one of us,” laying aside God’s claims to divinity in order to be with us. \u00a0We use a fancy name for it, but the “Incarnation” could just as well be about God becoming a “slob like one of us,” as Morisette croons.<\/p>\n
Which at its heart is a declaration of how much God really loves us. \u00a0Scandalous, isn’t it? \u00a0But in a really beautiful, life-giving way. Because if God Himself found our skin worthy enough to be lived in, then we, too, have every reason to love and affirm our bodies and the physicality of all created things:<\/p>\n
If God had a name what would it be?<\/em> Yeah, Yeah, God is great<\/em> What if God was one of us?<\/em> If God had a face<\/em> Yeah Yeah God is great<\/em> What if God was one of us?<\/em> Yeah Yeah God is great<\/em> What if God was one of us?<\/em> I heard this song sung by Alanis Morisette the other day on the radio. \u00a0It’s actually a wonderful reflection on the doctrine that makes Christianity so distinctive- the notion that in Jesus Christ God became “one of us,” laying aside God’s claims to divinity in order to be with us. \u00a0We use a fancy name…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":461,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,122],"tags":[124,2461],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity-and-culture","category-theology","tag-alanis-morisette","tag-incarnation"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nAnd would you call it to his face?<\/em>
\nIf you were faced with him in all his glory<\/em>
\nwhat would you ask if you had just one question?<\/em><\/p>\n
\nYeah, Yeah, God is good<\/em>
\nYeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
\nJust a slob like one of us<\/em>
\nJust a stranger on the bus<\/em>
\nTrying to make his way home<\/em><\/p>\n
\nWhat would it look like?<\/em>
\nAnd would you want to see<\/em>
\nIf seeing meant that you would have to believe<\/em>
\nIn things like heaven and Jesus and the saints<\/em>
\nand all the Prophets<\/em><\/p>\n
\nYeah Yeah God is good<\/em>
\nYeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah<\/em><\/p>\n
\nJust a slob like one of us<\/em>
\nJust a stranger on the bus<\/em>
\nTrying to make his way home<\/em>
\nJust trying to make his way home<\/em>
\nBack up to Heaven all alone<\/em>
\nNobody callin’ on the phone<\/em>
\ncept for the Pope maybe in Rome<\/em><\/p>\n
\nYeah Yeah God is good<\/em>
\nYeah Yeah yeah yeah<\/em><\/p>\n
\nJust a slob like one of us<\/em>
\nJust a stranger on the bus<\/em>
\nTrying to make his way home<\/em>
\nLike a holly Rolling Stone<\/em>
\nBack up to Heaven all alone<\/em>
\nJust trying to make his way home<\/em>
\nNobody callin’ on the phone<\/em>
\n‘cept for the Pope maybe in Rome\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"