Last night was the season premiere of Survivor 20: Heroes vs. Villains. People who know me well know that I'm a big fan of the show, and a bigger fan of the game. That being said, last night the season premiere came on and I didn't watch it. Instead, I was at a restaurant having dinner. While I sat there with my family, my phone lit up with text messages from Survivor fans in my congregation who wanted to discuss what was happening. They were shocked when I told them I wasn't in front of my television.
But last night our family had the privilege of accepting an offer from two dear friends to go to dinner. Prior to leaving for China, they invited us out to dinner to our favorite restaurant (Arzu Meditteranean). As unexpected as it was to some that I was there instead of ensconced in front of a screen, I would do the same thing a thousand times. Life is about relationships. How can we trade opportunities to experience rich community in the interest of entertainment or self-indulgence?
Yet, do we not do this all the time? Is this not the reason for the constant longing for community in our culture? We don't do life together any more. We don't know one another any more. We've traded away community for privacy. We've traded away conversation for diversion. I suspect we would be hard pressed to find anyone who believes our lives are truly better because of the trade.
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