SEPTEMBER 22, 2004

o my brothers and sisters in Christian Goth,

“The element of Belonging. That's the first sentence in your Statement of Vision. The irony, and I'm sure you've already seen it... is that a lack of belonging is part of what makes a Goth a Goth to begin with, and so providing belonging runs the risk of taking a huge part of his identity away. If you take away the heart-sickness of a Goth, what do you get? A fashion show. I think this is one reason why secular Goths are suspicious of us—because once they lose their loneliness; they have their demonism to fill the gap. As long as they see Christianity as a source of Goodiness, they will not believe that we are still Goth. What they don't take the time to discover is that our heart-sickness was only relieved on the immediate scale. While they may have real Demons tickling their ears and waiting on their tables, the echo of our sorrow only deepens as we finally see the Universal scale of human bankruptcy. God doesn't fill our cups with wine in order to enhance our experiences of this world. He gives us, (note the irony here) His Blood! Which basically handcuffs us to the eyes-sewn-open, ever waking nightmare of the Truth. We cannot tolerate love or truth or life, we prefer hate, lies and death. Even when we think we've had enough and we're sick of it, we cannot stop the runaway train.” - Whitewave

“Goth is a gentle and elegantly masochistic answer to a cruel and sadistic society.” - From “What Is Goth?” posted on the website this month.

What do you think Goth is? Let me hear from you.

“I wear black because it is the most beautiful of all colors and because I feel beautiful in it.” - From “Why Black?” posted to the website this month.

Why do you wear black? What does it mean for you?

“Right now many in the churches are pushing people away. In doing so they are pushing the moving of God in their own lives away... we also need to be careful. I've already seen evidence of some Goths that have set themselves against the church and have become the very authorities that they oppose. They want to be accepted for who they are and yet are unwilling to accept others for who they are... they must not become exclusionists as others have done. There is very little difference between an elder in a 3-piece suit who pushes people away from Christ and a young man in black that does the same thing.” - From “Let The Children Come” by David Brollier posted to the website this month.

God is going to pour out His Spirit on Goth.

His call to us is to emulate Christ, to become as Christ to those around us including those in the mainstream church. He is calling us to be like Christ not like other Christians. He is calling us to demonstrate the reality of His love to those that would hate us.

Think about it.

Love to all,
David Dellman