Okay...I admit it. I'm a fan of the Surreal Life. I missed the first season, so I watched the replay of it on VH1 last night. I was engaged in some of the best television I've seen in a long time....For those of you who haven't seen it: Vince Neil, M.C. Hammer, Emmanuel Lewis(Webster), Jerri Manthey (Survivor), Gabrielle Carteris (90210), Corey Feldman, and Brande Roderick all have to live in a house together and do activities outside of their comfort zones as they get to know each other. Sounds like dumb reality TV, except something really cool happened....

Vince Neil, of Motley Crue fame (they were informative in my rebellious years), has been through everything under the sun. He's had everything this world has to offer and apparently sees life through different eyes than he did when he was a rock star. I didn't know this, but he lost his daughter to cancer at age 4 about 7 years ago. So, after an all-nighter in Vegas they must get ready for church the next morning. On the bus trip back they begin to talk about faith and prayer. Each one shares their faith, or lack of it, and what they pray for. Vince Neil goes last. Matter of factly, he says that he used to pray, but it didn't help when is daughter was dieing of cancer, so he quit. Stunned silence. Then Hammer tells him he doesn't believe that Vince has given up on faith yet....

Turns out they go to an A.M.E. church where M. C. Hammer is preaching. This a rockin' church! It you've ever been to an AME church you know what I'm talking about. During the sermon Hammer said he felt like God spoke to him clearly. He was to pray for Vince to receive peace so that he could continue a journey toward faith. So Hammer proceeds to tell his story to the church. Vince is obviously struck with emotion and the other cast comforts him. They call Vince up to the stage that pastor begins to pray. The cast is all moved to tears as they sense healing taking place....

Now, Vince has probably engaged in every conceivable sin there is to commit! A white guy in an all black church! His Jewish friends in a church lifting their hands to pray with Christians! I thought it was a powerful statement....

Vince is interviewed the next day and says, "You know, I didn't really think about it, but last night before I went to sleep, I prayed for the first time in a long, long time...."

Had it not been for this show Vince would have never darkened a churches doorstep. Yet, when he did, he received healing. The sad thing is that the Church has healing to offer, hope to offer, love to offer, but it is constrained in a building! What would happen if we started taking it to the streets...?