Treehouse Construction Update

The Treehouse: Conversations About God

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Dear Treehousers,

I’ve been much challenged of late, trying to move forward with construction on my theology in the midst of the world kinda melting down around us.¹ I’ve felt paralyzed, if you want to know the truth, in being able to talk cogently about what I believe and why that matters — and about who Jesus is, about God, about faith. About meaning and purpose. About the long arc of the world’s history.

And yet, isn’t there something very clarifying when we hit these kinds of crisis points? What is necessary and good stands out in sharp relief. Keep what is essential for the journey, leave the rest in the road behind you.

Last week a person with too wide a reach and no business with a megaphone said, “The fundamental weakness of Western Civilization is empathy.”

A pretty crystalizing moment, at least for me. Ah, right. That irksome habit of living with heart and purpose to care about what happens to other people.