More questions today than answers...

"I'm ready for a Christianity that 'ruins' my life, that captures my heart and makes me uncomfortable. I want to be filled with an astonishment which is so captivating tht I am considered wild and unpredictable and well...dangerous! Yes, I want to be dangerous to a dull and boring religion. I want a faith that is considered dangerous by our predictable and monotonous culture."--Mike Yaconelli

So today I'm thinking about suburban homogeneity. What is it about moving away from an urban center that causes everyone to strive for sameness?

Is it that the majority of us have the same level of education? Is it that, in order to live here most of us are in the same ballpark regarding level of income? Do these two things cause us to agree on political views? What about the "keeping up with the Joneses" factor regarding cars and homes and children's involvements? Did we move to those we're like-minded with or did we become like-minded once we got here? You get the drift of the mosaic of questions running in my brain by now.

The way I see it, this mindset seeps into our walk with God. What worries me is that we all nod at the idealistic words in the quote above and then fall into what the author later calls a "self-induced retirement of the mind."

Don't get me wrong. I lead a charmed life...one with a minivan, dog groomers, health club membership, orthodontia, etc. But the predictability is scary.

The question before us today, class, is how do we live the true Christian (dangerous?) life in a 21st century suburban setting?

Like I said...more questions than answers today...