It seems that people on To Write Love On Her Arms http://towriteloveonherarms.fancorps.com/
have become aware of RYL!
Eeeekz!
As I'm devoted to both of these groups [well to RYL just abit more tbh] I thought I'd post something about it.
So people who haven't ever seen or heard of TWLOHA or 'the story' before before, go check it out, it could benefit you alot too!
I guess that's about it. I just hope RYL gets more recognition now because it deserves it.
In fact, I may make a banner. OH YES!
Let me know if you've joined here from TWLOHA or if you've joined there from here
I like to know these things haha
<3
As it says on their information website, www.twloha.com ; Q. Is TWLOHA a “Christian” organization?
A. We feel that the story (and the rest of this project) speaks for itself. Identifying something (such as a band, store, venue or project) as "Christian" often alienates those outside of the church/Christian culture, and we don't want to do that. TWLOHA aims to be inclusive and inviting. This is a project for all people. This is a project for broken people, and it is led by broken people.
For more on this topic, please consider the book Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller, as well as the words of U2's Bono, Switchfoot's Jon Foreman, Thrice's Dustin Kensrue, and Anberlin's Stephen Christian.
[The other website link was to join the street team]
TWLOHA may have religious undertones, but its not intending to convert people into little christian devotees.... Just because England used to be an imperial power doesn't mean that giving aid to Africa is a way of us establishing our control over them.... You have to put these things into context
I wrote to TWLOHA a while back, explaining RYL and everything it does for people, and they wrote back and said they thought it was a wonderful community and that everyone on it is a special individual, and that we should all be proud of ourselves and RYL, for coming as far as we have, and being the people we are today.
I met Jamie Tworkowski and to be honest he was a bit of an idiot.
My cousin went on tour with him and she said he's really moody and stuff... I do like the story though :)
Tonight I'm alive just to say I love you to death.
As it says on their information website, www.twloha.com ; Q. Is TWLOHA a “Christian” organization?
A. We feel that the story (and the rest of this project) speaks for itself. Identifying something (such as a band, store, venue or project) as "Christian" often alienates those outside of the church/Christian culture, and we don't want to do that. TWLOHA aims to be inclusive and inviting. This is a project for all people. This is a project for broken people, and it is led by broken people.
For more on this topic, please consider the book Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller, as well as the words of U2's Bono, Switchfoot's Jon Foreman, Thrice's Dustin Kensrue, and Anberlin's Stephen Christian.
[The other website link was to join the street team]
That seems like a pretty evasive way of not answering the question.
Well it breaks my heart to see you this way,
The beauty in life, where's it gone?
And somebody told me you were doing okay,
Somehow I guess they were wrong.
TWLOHA is still very much a Christian organisation, it's teaching people to open up to Jesus to save themselves, to be perfectly frank. I wouldn't ever join or recommend anyone else to join either. Perfectly good help available without the brainwash extra :)
It seems to have good goals, just a not-so-good way of reaching them. Religion of any kind, not just Christianity, should not be pushed on anyone.. I think it would be much more popular without the religious undertones. Those are quite a turn-off. x.x
