The Deeper Impact meeting with Richard Stearns was very exciting! First we heard from Chitra Hanstead, our new Deeper Impact coordinator at BelPres, and she's just super. I am so excited that we have a woman after God's own heart leading up the Deeper Impact program. Truly!
Then Richard Stearns spoke. What really shook me up about his talk was his idea that we all live in the "Magic Kingdom" complete with rides like restaurants, promotions, theater, and travel. The Magic Kingdom is the place of the "bucket list," where we have the time and the energy to think about what might fulfill us before we die.
The rest of the world, though, lives in the "Tragic Kingdom". This is the place where 2.2 Billion people don't have clean water, and thousands of children die each day of preventable causes.
He didn't say this to make us feel bad, but to remind us that what we are called to do is bring God's Kingdom here on earth--not just to ourselves and our children, but to the world. Really powerful stuff.
If you haven't read The Hole in Our Gospel, I highly recommend it!
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