futurerama

To Whom It May Concern:

We are living in the future. I don't know if anyone bothered to tell you... but we are. I always thought the future would look a little different...like in Back to the Future 1-3. Hover crafts, freeways in the sky, funky sunglasses and shiny clothes.

The future actually is hybrid cars, personal jets to get from your home in Texas to your job in Washington state, meals in 3 minutes or less, coffee for sale everywhere you turn, and the revolution of digital. (All tv's need to be ready to go digital by February 2009...what a silly thing to mandate of the population. And yet, I fear, peer pressure will win out in the end.)

But what does religion and Christianity look like in the future? I hope it's becoming more revolutionary. More willingness to sacrifice everything for the sake of Christ and less of the complacent attitude. I think there's more of an emerging distinction between the genuine Christians and the cultural Christians (the ones who pick up Christianity like it's another cool designer brand to wear on occasion.) Put some heart behind it! Show me your weakness, be honest with where you're at, and don't try to carry on the facade that your life is a bowl of peaches. Because you know what?! Christianity is HARD. It's blood, sweat, and tears and being completely broken. It's joy and love unexplainably overflowing when you know there's nothing left to give from yourself. It's the Holy Spirit steering your course. It's not fluff.

So ask yourself, what does my future Christianity actually look like? And remember, Actions speak louder than words.