Spacious Life

As we continue to see life breathed into this thing called Journey I keep writing. This is part of a bigger project, but stands alone and is worth sharing:

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Our days are mundane. Predictable. Often grating. It feels like we exist only to survive into the next day.

This is LIFE? Our dreams are of...what? Houses? Cars? A more stressful job?

And what role does the church play? We're all afraid that this thing called the spiritual life will only serve to destroy us--to reign us in and make us settle for being less than who we feel we truly are. One of our biggest fears about Christianity is that it will make us...boring.

There are few accusations in pop culture today worse than being boring. Or irrelevant. Or yesterday.

But stop and ask yourself: is God--the author and creator of the universe--incapable of dreaming bigger dreams than you?

We are trying to join God's adventures and mission. We long to have our dreams cast in the shadows of God's vision.

We believe that our hopes and dreams and passions are gifts from God—a glimmer of God's identity that was breathed into us in the beginning of time. Our wildest dreams and deepest passions are only hints of the heart of God. We long to capture that, to enjoy that, to own it, and to encourage one another to step into it.

We believe in an expansive God. We believe God wants us to live boldly, to dream vividly, and to journey extensively. "The smallness you feel comes from within you. Our lives aren't small."