Where Do We Go From Here

5 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Mission to a messy, broken world will always be messy and broken mission. That is not to say that it won’t be productive, wonderful and glorious as well but…an authentic reading of scripture never suggests one without the other. God’s Spirit, the gift of Jesus, working within the eternal Trinity – and with and through us - is more than used to dealing with mess. For over 150 years, the Anglican Board of Mission has been participating in God’s mission in many, varied and messy ways. There have been moments of genuine triumph and moments of genuine pain. In both dark days and light, God’s Spirit has been present to guide and comfort, advocate and convict, intercede and reveal. Our job has been to listen and to learn, to persevere and to love, to follow and to lead. We offer these studies - for Lent or for anytime - because we believe that God’s mission is an invitation to participate in the adventure of the ‘now but not yet’ kingdom. A step on the road to forming communities who strive for love, hope and justice. Whether it be in your home, your church, your suburb or the wider world, the call of mission is the call to be engaged with, to love and to honour all that God has made. We walk the Gospel into the world not simply through words but through our actions. Mission is the continuation of the great Incarnational love story between God and all that God has made.