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I know posting on R3 has been a bit light the last couple of weeks.  That’s partly intentional and partly unintentional.  And depending on the day it’s hard to tell the difference!

The last few weeks have been unusually busy for me.  Which means I’ve needed to make some deliberate choices.  If you’ve been reading R3 for any length of time you know the prime question we look at is simply, “what does it mean to live out a life of faith?”   In each post I try to answer that question.  But this isn’t just an intellectual exercise for me.  This is something I am committed to doing.  If you’re going to believe in God, why wouldn’t you want to live out a life that reflects those beliefs?

As the Irish Evangelist, Gypsy Smith once said, “There are five Gospels.  Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and the Christian, and some people will never read the first four.”

I agree with that.  For many people the only time they get to see God, is when I reflect God in my actions.  The more I live out a life of faith, the more they will see the impact God can have on their life.  And so I’ve made a conscious effort to spend more time with friends and family.  Which, sadly, means I’ve had less time to spend writing.

Something had to give, and for the last few weeks, I chose to give up some of the writing in favor of building into people in my life.  Fortunately this won’t last long – the lack of writing that is.  I should be back into the groove starting next week with the typical Monday, Wednesday, Friday routine.

But in the meantime I’d challenge all of you to consider that Christianity is more than simply knowledge, it’s about action as well.   Greg Boyd recently said in a sermon, “There this a widespread assumption that Christianity is mainly about believing certain things…if you believe those things well then you’re in, if you don’t, well then you’re out….as though God’s greatest aspiration for all of creation was to raise up people who have the right opinion about things.”

So this week go out and do something.  Be a credible witness for Christ.  Live out a life of faith in such a way that people can’t help but ask “what’s going on in your life.”  Go.  Be the church.