There was a time when we needed revolution. We revolted from Great Briton, we had revolution with freedom and equality, we have needed revolution when it comes to rights and suffrage, and in the church, we needed revolution to restore Biblical truth and doctrine. What we need right now is a little less revolution. In our society, we have been rebelling against every set authority and principle and making up new rules as we go along. Morality is out the window, discipleship and seeking truth has given way to experience and preference. We don't want to find the truth, we just want to feel good right now.
What we need instead of revolution is an inversion. The Biblical word for this is repentance. We need to turn from the path we are on that is headed for destruction and get on a path that brings life and hope and peace. We need to put Biblical Truth in the center of our lives. We need to return to the principles and the truths that we once had of compassion and community. We need to put our trust in God and wish the best for our fellow human beings.
I want to invite you to become an Inversionary. The focus is easy, love God, love people. We will share, care and invest our lives in our neighborhoods, communities, work places and playgrounds. We will share our lives, our faith, our stories and seek to make the place we are just a little better. We want to stop the downward slide, bring glory to God and help others see His Majesty. Will you join me?
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Friday, July 19, 2013
The Path of Trayvon
If you don't know about the death of Trayvon Martin and the trial of George Zimmerman, you have been under a large rock. There has been lots of talk and speculation in regards to race, but I want to set that aside. The reality is that from what has been seen, reported and heard by the jurors, Trayvon had an attitude. He allegedly assaulted a bus driver, got into a fight at school and was said to have attacked George Zimmerman. It has nothing to do with the color of his skin, I see students from every ethic background and pigmentation there is have a bad attitude and act very disrspectful.
Kids today have a strange view of respect. They expect to be respected before they will offer any respect. They will disrespect you until you respect them, but if you disrespect them, they won't respect you. As adults, we are suppose to give respect to disrespectful kids so they will respect us. They are rude and arrogant in every culture, class and socioeconomic setting. They have learned it, they are living it and for the most part, they are getting worse.
It's a shame that it escalated to the point of death for Trayvon, but don't assume for a minute it is because he is black. It is because our society is failing our children. We have continued down a path of arrogance and disrespect. Everything has begun to focus on our pleasure and our happiness. We no longer focus on what is good for the community, what is good for the family, what is good for the kids. Do you know why divorce rate is so high? Why so many kids don't have a father? Why we are living in a society where the economy plummets and unemployment rises, yet same sex marriage is the biggest fight on everyone's mind? It's because we are devoted to pleasure, getting what we want and what we think we deserve with no thought of the bigger picture.
The Revolution Inversion exists because we have pushed the lines of individual entitlement to a point of destruction. It's a call back to community and faith and thinking about others. It's a push to seek for justice and mercy and not fulfillment of self. It's a call to return to the principles and values given by God and set down in His Word. This is the only way to break from the path of Trayvon and George. This is the only way out of the decline that will swallow us whole. I hope you'll join me.
-Dan
Kids today have a strange view of respect. They expect to be respected before they will offer any respect. They will disrespect you until you respect them, but if you disrespect them, they won't respect you. As adults, we are suppose to give respect to disrespectful kids so they will respect us. They are rude and arrogant in every culture, class and socioeconomic setting. They have learned it, they are living it and for the most part, they are getting worse.
It's a shame that it escalated to the point of death for Trayvon, but don't assume for a minute it is because he is black. It is because our society is failing our children. We have continued down a path of arrogance and disrespect. Everything has begun to focus on our pleasure and our happiness. We no longer focus on what is good for the community, what is good for the family, what is good for the kids. Do you know why divorce rate is so high? Why so many kids don't have a father? Why we are living in a society where the economy plummets and unemployment rises, yet same sex marriage is the biggest fight on everyone's mind? It's because we are devoted to pleasure, getting what we want and what we think we deserve with no thought of the bigger picture.
The Revolution Inversion exists because we have pushed the lines of individual entitlement to a point of destruction. It's a call back to community and faith and thinking about others. It's a push to seek for justice and mercy and not fulfillment of self. It's a call to return to the principles and values given by God and set down in His Word. This is the only way to break from the path of Trayvon and George. This is the only way out of the decline that will swallow us whole. I hope you'll join me.
-Dan
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