(I’ve built this blog around yesterday’s post of the supposed most used words of all time in my blog. I don’t know if I believe that these are the most used words…but if they are, the following post is what my blog is all about. I’ve highlighted in bold the words off the list)

This is a rant, it is a series of amazing words ranting about life, about our story as radical or simple as it may be or will become. This is a blog for all you brothers, fathers, mothers, and even Josh and Alex. The time has come to remember, remember who we are, remember how to love better, be better parents (especially you Alex), and finally finding the capacity to let go of the way we’ve lived our lives Monday through Sunday trying to create a future void of disappointments. Tumors, cancer, radiation treatments, growing old (as if growing old fits on this list) fill(ed) our minds and keep us busy. But its not only those things that cause disappointment and make us feel in need, its also the ‘good‘ things of life that keep us busy—things like owning land, pursuing love, getting things (more and more and more things!), building a family, saving money, looking pretty, getting the right job, looking cool…the list could go on. These are good things, not things to be regarded with hate or distaste…and yet do they produce a life worth living? Christians build churches, they build nice buildings that are filled with nice people and complete structures of hierarchy that are intended to be a part of the life-producing system…but do even they produce a life worth living? The reality is that even if we’re given more than our one life, say even three lifetimes to pursue all these ‘good‘ things we will never arrive–because arrival is a myth. It’s like you’re flying your dad’s airplane in search of the right place to land only to discover bad news that you’re flying over the ocean (killer illustration right?). In the end if we spend our energy on all these things we’ll simply be churning cream into butter accomplishing little that is new, radical, or better than what we currently posses. No, the message that we need to be reminded of is to circle back around to where we started–we must tell a story with our lives, we must be patient enough to allow the time it takes to live a story that is worth telling–a story of depth, a story with purpose, a story that is bigger than ourselves. This is the story that Jesus invites us into: one of death to self, one that’s not just about the pursuit of love but the personification of it, and of hope that transcends silly things such as cancer, church buildings, and looking cool. So live your life in a way that’ll be worthy of a party come death…and don’t wait ’till tomorrow, start today.