From time to time growing up in Orange County California in the 80’s and 90’s I heard the phrase “Crazy Christians” used to define “those” people who were super committed to their faith and willing to do anything to share it with the world.  They were the really sold out ones, the “on fire” group that just seemed over the top about Jesus.  They were the Crazy Christians and I am not sure where “they” have gone and why they seemed so “crazy.”

I hadn’t thought about the phrase in a long time and then I watched a television show called Whale Wars on the Discovery Channel.  If you haven’t seen it, the show chronicles the efforts of the Non-Profit Sea Shepherd to track and interfere with Japanese whaling ships in the south sea.  If you watch the show what you will see is a group of people passionately committed to saving whales, so much so that they are willing to sink ships, risk death and arrest, and sacrifice their lives for the whales – literally.  In fact, the leader of the organization asks each new crew member a simple question: “Are you willing to give your life for a whale?”