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Junkyard Wisdom Book, Random Thoughts,

God Only Knows What Will Happen

There’s a point in Junkyard Wisdom when I describe three steps for being successful:

  1. Start by making friends with people different than yourself.
  2. Then keep doing that your whole life.
  3. God only knows what will happen.

Seems silly, doesn’t it? No strategic plan? No analysis of the big challenges we face? No StrengthsFinder test or Myers Briggs exam? How could this possibly be a plan for being successful? How could this possibly change the world?

But it is. It’s part of what God designed. It’s the Church.

We are called to love each other. When Jesus was asked who our …