i’m off today – so i was watching some tv. i stumbled on a show on VH1 [can’t remember the name] with kiefer sutherland as a road manager for a new band called rocco laDuca & the burden. he’s traveling with them to get their name out there in anticipation of their album release [it’s out now]. their music is pretty good. lots of blues-y funk. but my thought isn’t about the music, it’s more about kiefer sutherland.

this guy doesn’t seem content to ride the fame of his show and live the life of a wealthy celebrity. though i’m sure he does plenty of that. he’s in the streets of London passing out free tickets to a concert that no one, at first, seems to want to go to; freezing his but off in the process.

so then i started thinking about the idea of retirement. this conversation actually began in atlanta, ga. when i was at catalyst in oct. we were spending some time with family of the guy i was with and we ended up talking about another guy that had just retired and was feeling unfulfilled just lying on a beach in the caribbean [i’d like to try that for just a little bit].

point, point...ah yes

i think we’d all cop to an in-born desire to make a difference in the world – no matter our age. but there is an undercurrent that there comes a day when your productive days are behind you and you just need to drift into the sunset. although retirement/investment commercials are more recently about doing something different with your life and starting a new chapter.

i think there could be some real interesting thinking/teaching/preaching on the idea that Christ-followers, in their later years have the opportunity to do some big things for Christ and His church.

maybe there’s already some stuff out there that i’m not aware of, but i just think this whole topic of retirement & the kingdom of God is an interesting one. retirement & those conversations fly in the face of what Jesus told His people to be about.

by the way, the guy on the caribbean beach – not happy with his retirement – decided to partner with a friend, bought a closed-down k-mart in the atlanta area and renovated it into a church. they opened in oct. high on the arts & use of the local body to create a place to meet God. atlanta is nice this time of year isn't it??