Dear Unity Friends,

Are we bored with God? That question was posed at a recent lecture series event held at Dordt College. We of the faith, from church to home to school, would we admit that at times we're bored with our Christianity? If so, how might we spark complacent kids and adults to move from boredom in the faith to being alive?

Dr. David Naugle’s answer to the boredom question was that we need to appeal to the imagination of the bored Christian. Imagining what could be, is where we will see teenagers and adults spiritually engage.

When I think of the word imagine, I think of two completely different songs, I Can Only Imagine, by Mercy Me, and John Lennon’s Imagine. Imagine there is no Heaven. John Lennon sang this anti- God song in the 70’s and it ranks as one of the most anti-God songs out there.. In the late 90’s Bart Millard, of Mercy Me, wrote a song, “ I Can Only Imagine”. This song spoke about how wonderful Heaven is going to be, especially when Millard envisions himself worshipping God alongside his father, who died too early in this life. Both songs sparked our imaginations, one towards God and one away from God.

In dealing with Christian teenagers, our job is to spark imagination and I think that is best done focusing on Jesus Christ. Jesus has overcome, he is our roaring lion victorious and he is the quiet still voice in our hearts when we are anxious. He is the Alpha and the Omega. He is our Redeemer.

What might this school, this town, county and world look like if we started to imagine of what could be. Jesus died for us, redeemed us and now sends out your teenagers, and you, to do what he physically could not do in the body of one man walking around Galilee. He tells us he is in us, and can do amazing things through us.

John 14:11-13

I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.

Imagine what Jesus would do if he walked the halls of Unity, and then understand that through each of us he is. Imagine the restoration, the reaching out to the least among us. Parents, pray for your child to imagine what God is already doing, is willing to do and waiting to do through us in this place.


Mr. Dykstra