The Journey-Reorient /// There is so much dis- right now. Disorienting. Discouraging. Disconnected. Disengaged. We all feel it. The world is not right. We are not in control. Above and over all of that...things are not as God intended. /// But, God sees us. He mourns with us. He longs for us to turn to him, to trust him. He longs for us to see what he sees, see how he sees. /// God’s upside down invasion of the world began long ago, and continues in our time. He sent his son, Jesus, to be a bridge. He sent his Spirit to be a bridge for us. By any means necessary, in all ways possible, he beckons us to that bridge. /// This week, God challenged my thinking. You see, I have this narrative I tell myself. The one inside my head. Over time, it is more powerful than the narrative that is actually going on. I trend toward a narrative of discouragement, disappointment, even cynicism. And this week God gave me an elbow. You know, like your best friend or your spouse will, when you are heading t...