If in His presence there is fullness of joy, why can’t we do things that demonstrate joyfulness like smiling, laughing, dancing, and celebrating? And so that’s a part of what I do. Like, yeah, we know that the joy of the Lord’s supposed to be our strength, but you can only be serious about God and being in God’s presence. And I don’t think that the presence of God is a fun-free zone. I love dancing, I love performing, I love having fun. But yeah, that’s kind of the journey of how I got to where I’m at now. We got married some years after we went to school together. Then that led me to Bible college, where I went to Indiana Bible College and studied theology and music. You know, seeing my friends step into a relationship with Jesus, was really exciting to me. I went to public school, got to bring them to church and lead them in worship, started speaking when I was sixteen, and just loved ministry, not necessarily the platform or the microphone, but setting up the chairs and being a part of dreaming about what events could look like, doing stage design. Then I started leading worship in high school, which was cool because I got to bring my friends. This is not a solo, so chill.” So I kind of had this idea that I enjoyed singing, but, you know, Michael Jackson and N*Sync and all of that happened on another planet for me, like that wasn’t real life or possible in any way.īut I started writing songs. You’re supposed to sing your part and blend in with everyone else. One day the choir director actually stopped the rehearsal and said, “Tauren, I don’t think you understand the point of a choir. It was the adult choir, but they let me sing. I just thought the choir was so amazing and they let me into the choir as a kid. I was about nine years old, and the first thing that I wanted to do was be in the choir. Let’s get started with Tauren Wells’ story. And pastor and writers John Siebeling and Wayne Francis have purposefully made unconditional love a part of how they welcome people of all kinds into their churches, and now they’re building off of that to bring people together to have conversations about love, acceptance, and race. Tauren Wells is a musician, songwriter, and speaker who encourages us all to recognize God’s love in all that we do and say. Our guests this week are deliberate about taking a posture of love toward what they do in the world.
He asks that “all we do be done in love.” If we can just remember that before each conversation we have, before each decision we make in regards to others, as we measure the words and actions that we speak and do each day, we’ll find that a life lived in love will bring healing, reconciliation, and benefits to our lives we could have never imagined. It can be tempting to live in that bubble and *think* that we are practicing love. How can I love someone who is so different from me, we might ask ourselves? How can I love someone who I don’t understand and who doesn’t understand me? In our daily lives, it’s natural for us to make bonds with people who are like us, who have our same values, who like us, and believe as we do. When it comes to loving others, we sometimes have to stretch ourselves to honor the commands that Jesus has about love. Narrator: Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. Love, Acceptance, and Celebrating Differences: Tauren Wells and John Siebeling & Wayne Francis – Episode #291 I want you to talk about it at every point of every day. I want you to talk about it when you’re on your way to the store.
I want you to talk about it with your kids when you go to sleep.
And then it goes on to say, “I want you to talk about this when you wake up. The Lord our God is one Lord and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all that heart, all thy soul, all thy might. Tauren Wells: I think we have to navigate new ideas to reach new people.
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