Thursday, July 25, 2019

Interview & Status Update

I (Michael) recently sat down for a far-ranging interview with our pastor, Adam Baker. It was a longer interview, so the videos are broken into three sections (duration indicated in the parenthesis).

I apologize in advance: I thought my legs would not be shown, so I wore shorts.  Oops!  😎

Take a listen and enjoy!

Liminality

Transition chaos. Messy middle. Liminality. These are all words describe our current place in life.  We are roughly 10 days from moving across the world, to a different country and culture and language and way of life.  It is frightening, yet engaging. We have grief and joy. There are some knowns, and many unknowns.  We are living in a liminal space.
A liminal space is the time between the ‘what was’ and the ‘next.’ It is a place of transition, waiting, and not knowing.  (https://inaliminalspace.org/about-us/what-is-a-liminal-space/)
In many ways, our current experience is a microcosm of the broader life of a Christian.  We are called to live in the world yet not of the world. Our citizenship is with the Father and sealed in heaven yet our current residence is here on earth.

Please join us in living this paradox, of spending our lives living fully now while also living in light of what is to come.