Flashback

I unintentionnaly caught a movie a day or two back titled Flashback. Basically a comedy about a young FBI agent escorting to court an ageing 70's hippie rebel who had lost most of his youthful idealism but still had enough magic to rub off people who spent time with him.

Those of you who happen to know what a hippie is and the culture then understand it's all about living your dreams and fighting the conservative but corrupt capitalistic establishment.

That old fella, Huey Walker, had charisma and a dream. But no idea how to make the two work. Although he had a huge following, most of the crowd frazzled out over time, with nothing but a tattered dream.

What was wrong was the methodology.

Today, we are faced with similar dilemmas.

We know we need to fix the system. But how?

Mother earth is slowly hacked, poisoned, choked, stripped, and hanged out to dry a miserable death. Greenpeace and other environmental groups like Friends of the Earth, United Nations Environmental Program, Wildlife Trust, Earth Charter Initiative, Biofuelwatch, Global Witness, Nature Serve and many others are battling on fronts that most Christians know nothing about.

Corrupt capitalist governments, dictatorships, and imbecilic rulers of developing nations continue their merry making while more than two thirds of the world wallow in poverty.

What does it matter? To Christians and the church? Should we be concerned since the earth is slated for destruction anyhow? What is our role here?

Just preaching the Gospel? Or excuse me you say, preaching the Gospel includes the above. Yes?

It's never too late to rethink our life purpose and priorities. And methodology.

George Clooney said:

Don't wait till you're 65 before asking what should I have done with my life differently if I knew better.