dan haseltine: a new roaring lamb

Interview of Dan Haseltine, lead singer, Jars of Clay

Robin: There are those who strongly oppose the idea of Christians performing -- or perhaps even existing -- in a place outside of what they are familiar with. How do you respond when you encounter someone like this? And I don't mean that in a hypothetical way -- what do you actually say to these people when it really happens?

Dan: I suppose I have responded to people differently throughout the years. I have often tried to explain the idea of God as a very unsafe and wild being. What about love is safe? What about love communicates that it only likes to exist in places where comfort reigns? The love I put my hope in is wild and unpredictable. It is a love that shines into darkness. It is a light that makes itself known in the dark night of the soul and in the midst of suffering. It goes places I would never be caught in. It is in the brothel and the leper colony. It finds its way into the hearts of convicts and hardened pastors. So why would anyone ever presume that we, the body of Christ, the conduits of this love, would only be able to exist within the walls of our comfortable churches? I would even contend that if it were not for God coming into places where these Christian people think are inappropriate, they themselves might not know Christ or redemption and salvation!

Click to continue interview in the "The New Roaring Lambs Movement" Article by Cmcentral.