Craig Borlase has written a book that at first caught my attention because of teh upside-down cover. I know; I'm a simpleton. He writes about how we are naturally drawn to ourselves but need to practice gravitating towards God.
We have this way of focusing too much on ourselves. This is a point I repeatedly have to remind myself of and one of which I am constantly talking to others about. So I knew I would like Craig's point of view. He writes, "We make our world too small, our horizons too limited, our sun too pale." Beautiful.
He goes on to describe how our lives are too small, too safe, and too vain. Me, me, me, me. It's the song we sing about ourselves, as loudly as we can to as many as we possibly can. Craig weaves Biblical narratives, applying them to our sophisticated, modern lives. The plus is that he then spends part two of his book making some pratical applications.
The applications are about what we wear, how we use stuff, and how it affects our planet. Who hasn't heard all of this in our increasingly eco-friendly world? Perhaps nobody, but Craig does a good job of including facts with real people, showing us the small (and large) changes we can make that will make a difference in someone else's life.
And if there is one thing most people have in common, it is this. We want to know we have made an impact on somebody. Anybody. It just might be someone we have never met.
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