I’m still crying about not having my laptop. According to the FedEx Fascists, next-day delivery doesn’t actually mean the next day. No, it means whenever they feel like delivering it. I guess if this was Cast Away, I’d be Tom Hanks, completely forgotten, and talking to a volleyball waiting for someone from FedEx to actually care I’m forgotten.


As I writhe in longing for my appendix, I will share some learnings I had in Chicago. The short: I’m totally the suckiest Christian ever. I started my Live Biblically challenge like all other challenges I self-impose: decide now, assess later. As always, assessing my decision to do this in the middle of the vow has been like asking for directions in the middle of a hurricane. As a control freak, I gave the illusion that everything was fine while my left eyelid twitched, heart stuttered, and head spun trying to follow my list. I’ve been driving myself crazy trying to be a good Christian. But that’s been the problem. I’m will never ever live up the title Little Christ (literal definition).

Here’s the best part–it was never expected of me.

What does God expect of us? What is the Christian faith about? Going to church on Sundays, praying before meals, and stringently following a list of commands–or does God expect more? When people say they are Christians, what exactly does that mean? If you’re a Christian and you believe Jesus is the Son of God, then all He said and did is deeply significant to how we live our lives. So it’s cool we believe, but God expects more. More than prayer, church attendance, or a list of rules; God asks us for everything. As Richard Stearns pointed out, He requires a total life commitment from those who would be His followers. In fact, Christ calls us to be His partners in changing our world, just as He called the twelve to change their world two centuries ago.

So, the challenge can be wrapped up in two simple commands, not 2,345,345,962:
Luke 10:27, …’Love the Lord your God with all your heart with all your soul with all your strength with all your mind,’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ I think I might be able to pull this off after all.

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