from matt in fiji

my dear friend and brother, matthew, sent me an email on july 20 from fiji's capital city. he is working/living/minsitering with an organization committed to Christian based community, a missional approach to living, simplicity, spiritual formation, and education through experience and adventure. in his email he wrote, 'the pictures of Christ here are so visceral and tangible.'
which is of course to say that he is daily encountering very raw and real and fleshy examples of what it means to be like Jesus -- he is doing theology as it is meant to be done, by living it out, by entering into the stories of others and so entering into The Story (Kingdom/Life) of God.
perhaps we could learn a thing or two from matt -- for i'd wager that if we'd open our eyes wide enough (whether we're on an edenesque fijian island or standing in line at wal-mart) we too would realize that we have the opportunity to touch and be touched by Jesus everyday in a very visceral way.