Just spent the last hour-and-a-half writing a powerful blog about how we – as followers of Christ – are called by Him to bring redemption to those around us in Jesus’ name.  It was good.  It was life-changing.  It would have rocked the blogoshphere.  And then I lost it.

As I went to publish it, my computer freaked out, and what I thought had been saved was evidently not.  I frantically tried to rescue the earth-shattering text of my blog, but it had already been devoured by the demons of cyberspace.

Yes, there were choice words spoken.  Words that I used to get my mouth filled with soap by my mother for when I spoke them.  Words that I dare not speak from the pulpit because they would reveal to my parishioners that I am merely human like them.  Words that thankfully only my deaf dog could hear, but praise to the Lord, his hearing impairment has spared him from the vile verbiage.

So, I guess for now I’ll just have to boil the eloquence and power of the lost blog down to its one main point: People are sick of Christians talking about Jesus. It’s time for us to stop talking and start joining God in His redemptive mission on earth by seeking ways to meet the needs of our neighbors in Jesus’ name.

Not as power-packed nor as beautifully stated as it was in the lost blog.  But seriously, it’s time for us to stop talking so much about God’s redemption and start living it.  It’s time for us to come out from behind our walls of safety and security and get dirty loving our neighbors and seeking to meet their needs.  God is a God of redemption, and He has called us to join Him in His mission of redeeming the lives of those around us.

THAT is missional living.