Life Outside of America

It is so easy for us in America to paint ourselves into a corner of our own choosing. Our motto is - don't confuse me with the facts. We enjoy the security of our own illusions of control. Bishop Ndlovu from Zimbabwe will tear those scales from our eyes if we allow him to get close enough. He will speak of incredible oppression and the greater hope that lies in Christ. Zimbabwe faces economic, political and social crises that are so beyond anything we experience in America, yet the Church continues to grow and defy everything we think and live concerning Church growth. They have nothing left but Christ. We have too many default noisy idols that drown out the voice of God. This Sunday we have the opportunity to painfully hear how God is moving in the midst of the devastation in Zimbabwe. May idols fall, may minds become clear and may hearts be healed.