Lostness
I was talking to a friend today, who told me that he was thinking about heading off on vacation and spending a month in Canada. I asked him, "Why Canada?" He replied that he wanted to get as far away as possible from the crazy political climate and endless hysterical news cycle here in the States. My friend wants some peace, and I can't say I blame him. As a pastor, I want to speak grace and peace into the anxiety and uncertainty that so many of us feel. I want to share how I know there's a better way for us to be humans being together on this fragile spinning rock. I want to share that Jesus offers abundant life--eternal life that we can begin living right here and now. But I also know that in order for me to share this with enough passion and power to be heard over the noise of our culture, I have to fully embrace it myself---as do all of us who call ourselves followers of Jesus. We need to be honest with ourselves an...