This thought provoking question was posed on the Marketplace program which I hear on my local NPR station on my way to work everyday. The question had to do with consumerism and an on-line game in which one's lifestyle choices are rated according to some criteria. The level of our consumerism is certainly something to be considered (whether you agree with their criteria or not). This is particularly true for those of us who consider ourselves to be followers of Christ: do my lifestyle choices reflect the command to love my neighbor as myself?

The question led me to consider other aspects of my life. If everyone prayed like I pray, loved their neighbor like I love my neighbor, worked like I work, practiced stewardship like I practice stewardship - what would the church and the world look like?

I for one am thankful that there are people who live life at a higher level in these and many other areas than I do, for I tremble to think what it would be like if my example was the apex.