parables of a prodigal world

A while back, I did a piece on those little words of wisdom on the sides of Starbucks cups, called Will There Be a Starbucks in Heaven? It was a critique. Yesterday afternoon, Starbucks evened the score with this gem... The Way I See It, #76... "The irony of commitment is that it’s deeply liberating - in work, in play, in love. The act frees you from the very tyranny of your internal critic, from the fear that likes to dress itself up and parade around as rational hesitation. To commit is to remove your head as the barrier of your life." Amen. Grace and Peace, Raffi

As anyone who starts their day with a cup of Starbucks will know, the cups are sometimes graced with a random thought from a random person, under the general banner "The Way I See It." The Way I See It #230 reads as follows: "Heaven is totally overrated. It seems boring. Clouds, listening to people play the harp. It should be somewhere you can’t wait to go, like a luxury hotel. Maybe blue skies and soft music were enough to keep people in line in the 17th century, but Heaven has to step it up a bit. They’re basically getting by because they only have to be better than Hell." Pretty interesting challenge to anyone who takes this whole Christianity thing seriously, on quite a few levels. What are you and I doing to perpetuate this man-on-the-street perception of the ultimate Christian hope? What are we doing to challenge it? Is it worth the effort? I was speaking to a Christian friend about the ultimate Christian hope, the confusion about heaven versus the promise of ...