Just the other day, I was driving home from work and heard this song on the radio. It has been around for a while but it has a message that really caught my attention. The song is “Does Anybody Hear Her?” from Casting Crowns.
Here are some of the lyrics from that song, pay close attention to the last two paragraphs of this clip…
She is running
A hundred miles an hour in the wrong direction
She is trying
But the canyon’s ever widening
In the depths of her cold heart
So she sets out on another misadventure just to find
She’s another two years older
And she’s three more steps behind
Does anybody hear her? Can anybody see?
Or does anybody even know she’s going down today
Under the shadow of our steeple
With all the lost and lonely people
Searching for the hope that’s tucked away in you and me
Does anybody hear her? Can anybody see?
If judgment looms under every steeple
If lofty glances from lofty people
Can’t see past her scarlet letter
And we’ve never even met her
What do you think this song is saying about the Church?
What is your opinion on the Church and its interaction with those “outside” its congregation in today’s culture?
