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“What an opportunity for the gospel!” Amen and amen! As a family living in a secular and post-Christian community, we see this daily! The constant spiritual need to be known and accepted continues to claw at those around us. What hope is there after you’ve tried it all? Money-Check. Notoriety/success-Check. Family and “good” community-Check. Then why are we still unsatisfied? What could possibly be missing that I can’t buy or experience? And what about the deepest, darkest parts of the soul that still feel unsettled? How long can one keep up the appearances that all is well on the outside when “life” still happens? These conversations stir my heart! When Jesus asked, all those years ago, “Are you also going to leave?” Peter answered so eloquently, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life.” (John 6:67-68). Let it be said:

We were placed here for such a time as this so that more people would see and hear the Good News that brings life.

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Thank you for writing this.

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Our marriages are disposable if they don’t suit us as we “grow”. Our children are disposable if the timing isn’t right or they may carry imperfections of mind or body. It’s like American society has totally embraced the me culture.

Through the name-it-and-claim-it, seeker-sensitivity, prosperity gospel Christianity, the Church has also embraced it. You need look no further than all of talk of rights and freedoms (but not responsibilities and duties) by many, many Christians during the pandemic. You see it in the dehumanizing way many Xns talk about immigrants and refugees. I’m not speaking about US immigration policy (which is a political issue) but the words used such as: illegal, invader, criminal, moocher.

We are not disposable, Mr. James, but when is the Church going to take that to heart and live it and lead it?

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