Think, dammit!

I would like to thank Mike for this quote:

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
--Soren Kierkegaard

Freedom of thought must be one of the greatest benefits of being a Christian. I'm not about being a Christian for the benefits, in fact, I usually hate it when people say stuff like that. But when I think about it honestly it's not really a benefit, it's more of a responsibility. We are free to think and so we should! We should imagine, we should dream, we should create. We must do these things if we are to live in now-but-not-yet Kingdom of God. We must engage our entire selves (minds included!) in the work of the Kingdom and not sit back and uncritically live in the world as if we are waiting to be raptured. I'm sorry everyone, that's just not going to happen. (Side note: check out www.notraptured.com for a few laughs)

But here is my point: this whole thing is about transformation. Paul said to be transformed by the renewing of your mind. It starts there. Only then we can think of new ways of doing things. We don't have to be stuck in the system that only allows little leeway on how things are done. We can be in God's system in which all things are possible, all doors can be opened, all wounds can be healed, all debts can be cancelled, and all people can be reconciled.