yep...it's a trend...
anyway...couple random thoughts. there's been a regular thread through a couple recent conversations with a few friends. the main point of these conversations has been what we're going to do with this career...this life...whatever. ultimately, i think most of us are just floating. we have this vague idea of what we want to do, but we continue to do what others have asked us to do. and we measure success by the perceptions of those same people that are pushing us away from what we said we wanted. so what if we all actually put some time and effort into defining our goals and basing success on that? why is this a novel concept?
i was listening to the mars hill church podcast today and mark driscoll was talking about how Christ called believers to live with a completely different mindset. we're called to turn the conventional ideas of success completely upside down. then, it's a success to sell everything and move to Ethiopia to care for others, or adopt any kid, much less one (or more) that comes from another culture. and yet, most of us that claim to be Christians still push after the american dream.
don't know if this is unpatriotic, but the american dream is cheap. God offers us something so much greater.
