Today's blog is based on the section entitled "Hurtling Toward the Eschaton" from the chapter on "Rhythm" in Wayne Muller's "Sabbath".
We progressive Christians may have a hard time when people start talking in eschatalogical terms. Talking about "end times" and when "Jesus is coming back" doesn't easily fit into our theology. Since it doesn't fit neatly and nicely into our theology, we tend to just avoid it all together. What Muller does is ingenious. He doesn't avoid it; he transforms it. Muller makes an excellent point in this chapter about the eschaton and our relationship to our post-modern version of it.
We do live as if progress is the new second coming. It seems as if many of us live in anticipation of this mythic moment in life when we will finally have enough time and more than enough money so that we can finally be happy. Problem is, if we are always living in anticipation of that moment, we never find the inherent joy in this moment.
Instead of waiting until those mythic moments arrive to be happy, why not be happy now?
Instead of waiting until those mythic moments to arrive to enjoy ourselves and those why love, why not enjoy them now?
Instead of waiting, do it now. Love the life you have, not the life you wished you had. Truth is -- this life is pretty good, even with all it's messiness.
I am curious, what did you think of Muller's take on eschaton?
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