Eyes Wide Open

More than ever, we have big houses and broken homes, high incomes and low morale, secured rights and diminished civility. We excel at making a living but often fail at making a life. We celebrate our prosperity but yearn for purpose. We cherish our freedoms but long for connection. In an age of plenty, we feel spiritual hunger. -Psychologist David Myers

I think the viability of the church in North America (as we currently know it) rests on her ability to show another “way” of doing life and community in a way that reflects the early church of Acts. Jesus calls people to follow him, saying “I am the way.” He calls us to consider life and living from a kingdom perspective that consequently demands a re-orienting of priorities (see Mark 10:17-29). When we come to the end of ourselves, our busy schedules, and frenetic pace, we’ll wonder what took us so long to get it together…