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I heard a great question in our house church gathering Tuesday night. “Why do we make all this so hard? If the point is loving God and loving each other...it doesn’t seem like it should be so complicated.”

The urge and desire to keep up with our neighbors is so strong here in the 'burbs. It seems that we are judged by every little thing - Did our child make the team? Does our minivan have the right features? Does our house make us look like we're in a much higher tax bracket?

One writer admits that his wife doesn't struggle with desiring the guy next door so much as coveting his wife's figure.

I look around and I basically hear two responses, either we embrace this culture of competition because God wants to bless us with all this stuff anyway, or we reject everything and everyone and create our own little Christian ghetto. Are these our only choices? Is there a viable option other than selling everything and moving to Bangladesh? How can we live faithfully here...now...for real.

Let’s talk more about this on Sunday...

- Bret