Thursday, March 12, 2009

A post worth reading...

Desert Pastor always has good stuff to say. Here's an old post that is worth thinking through today...
"In today's world of runaway consumerism and materialism, one's chosen vocation increasingly takes a back seat to one's occupation. Why? Because possessions and status have become more important to us than calling and purpose. We've been sold a bill-of-goods. We've been seduced. And what we've given up is far more valuable than most people realize...My point then is simply this: when this vocation gives way to, submits to, our occupation, the working of God's Spirit through us is virtually neutered, and we become "Christian" in name only. And the prevalence of such "Christians" -- both inside and outside of traditional congregations - seems alarmingly high."
Read the rest here.

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