shining eyes

Benjamin Zander is a classical musician.

He loves classical music. And he thinks that everyone else in the whole wide world will love classical music, too. They just need some help in seeing it.

"Classical music is for everyone," he argues. "They just don't know it yet!"

He makes it his life's work now to help other people discover its joys for themselves.

Replace 'classical music' with whatever stirs your spirit and 'floats your boat', whatever is the passion in your life. You're maybe a teacher of English Literature, and you doubtless feel exactly that enthusiasm for your subject. Or a teacher of Maths. Or you're heavily into environmental issues and you feel that way. Or anything else.

It's for everyone, you'll want to argue. They just don't know it yet.

Well, that's how we Christians are when it comes to Jesus and the gospel. Jesus is for everyone. The good news is for all.

It's just they don't all know it yet. There's some explaining to do!

Anyway, if you've got a spare 20 minutes then you'll certainly not waste that time if you watch the clip below. Benjamin Zander helping a crowd of 1,600 people 'discover' classical music.

Transfer what he's saying and doing to what we're about as the church and you'll catch some sense of of what it is we're about.

Classical music with shining eyes.