Rich Mullins

 On September 19,1997, 25 years ago today, musical legend Rich Mullins died in a car accident.

He had Quaker roots, and you could hear his disdain for violence in his songs, with lyrics like: 

Why do the nations rage?
Why do they plot and scheme?
The bullets can't stop the prayers we pray in the name of the Prince of Peace.

Rich Mullins struggled with his own darkness and loneliness. He's a reminder that the world out there is not looking for Christians who are perfect, but they are looking for Christians who are honest.

When people remind me that the church is full of hypocrites, we can say, inspired by Rich: "No we aren't full of hypocrites... we always have room for more." 

Rich Mullins reminds us that this whole Christian thing is not about how good we are, but how good God is. The Church is a bunch of imperfect people falling in love with a perfect God, and hopefully becoming more like the one we Love.

Here are a couple of Rich Mullins songs

Well sometimes my life just don't make sense at all,
When the mountains look so big
And my faith just seems so small
So hold me Jesus 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace

So if I stand,
let me stand on the promise that You will pull me through...
And if I can't
let me fall on the grace that first brought me to You.