REIMAGINE

REIMAGINE
REBOOT: Creating a New Normal
September 13, 2020

Well, it’s back to school season! But…wait…
The calendar says September, but did we ever really finish the last school year? Where did the last six months go? There was no spring soccer or summer baseball, no vacations to Disneyland or 4^th of July fireworks, no Summer Olympics or Oregon State Fair. How can it possibly be September??

I’ve grown to hate the words “social distancing.” I’m tired of the global pandemic. If I never hear the words “new normal” again, it will be too soon. If we’re all in this together, why are we so far apart? I’m done with the constant bickering about masks. And how many times can I rethink the way I’ve always done things and try to figure out a new way? I liked the old way! I want the old normal back! The only good news in this whole unprecedented, global pandemic is that we really are in this all together, because none of us can escape!

I would bet you’re a lot like me. You can feel our culture sinking. Six months ago, we all pushed “pause” thinking we’d just have to get through this for a month. Then two months. And now, we’re six months in, with no end in sight. Friends, we’re never going to get back to “normal” as we knew it. We’ve entered an alternate reality. It’s kind of like someone downloaded an upgrade, like the ones tech companies force on your computer or phone. Once those files are installed, you always have to reboot and then, figure out how to do the old things in a new way.

We’re launching a new sermon series this next week called “Reboot.” Over the next eight weeks, we’ll be taking an honest look at what it means for all of us to move forward in this new reality, whether we like it or not. God’s Word tells us that, “…as we know Jesus better, his divine power gives us everything we need"…did you catch that?..."EVERYTHING we need, for living a godly life.” Even in a coronavirus culture.