i really like what Rick is saying here. but what resonates with me isn't the "activists are searching for meaning" line, as if that is some piece of data we've mined so we can now reach them. No, what activists understand, maybe even more than most people who fill our churches, is that activism is about holding oneself accountable for the wellbeing of the whole of which they are a part and choosing to exercise whatever power an individual holds to try and benefit the whole. This is the opposite of a consumer and in churches full of consumers, it's tough to connect these dots. But Rick completes the thought for the activist who is a Christ follower by naming a meaning and purpose behind the action, calling it vocation. which is brilliant. may our churches be full of more activists who understand this is what they were made for, and may we stop leading in such a way that our ministry creates consumers. The only thing consumers create is waste, even in the church.