I'm in the habit of reading the news on line each day. Maybe you see the news on TV. When we tune in, it almost seems like we're watching a parade as the world passes by - and the pace is accelerating. Society's values are marching on in de-evolution toward disaster. As the culture changes, we are standing by with mouths agape. Like geophysicists measuring seismic activity, we're witnessing what amounts to a moral earthquake. Some questions come to mind: How did the ground shift so quickly? How can we clean up this mess; or is it even possible? And are we are in the same state as everyone else, shaken and battered, or are we distinctive and healthy enough to be of help? This week I came across a Bible verse that reminds us where we stand. For this week's Message About Purpose and Strategy, I'll share 1 Cor. 8:6 - "...yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live." No matter what changes around us and no matter how much our world is shaken, we live for God, our Father, who made all things through Jesus Christ. In him and for him, we live!