I just finished reading Gabe Lyons' new book, The Next Christian. It's basically his summary of trends he is seeing in the next generation of Christians. He calls them restorers. Their different way of living flows from an understanding of the whole Gospel - creation, fall, redemption and restoration. They see the broken world and, instead of just seeing what is, they see what "ought to be" and try to make it that way.
I found the book both encouraging and frustrating. It is very encouraging to know that God is using Christians to restore the world. It is frustrating that the examples he gave are not very practical. He kept saying that you didn't need to start a new career to be a restorer, just start restoring where you are, yet every example he gave was someone who left their career to start a non-profit, or create a magazine that celebrates beauty and truth in art, etc. What about ordinary Christians, the ones who don't have the resources or contacts to do something on that scale, what can we do?
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