Sometimes in life we can be doing something completely unrelated to anything - and yet we will see a clear picture of God and what God is doing in this world. I had a recent experience where I saw two really clear pictures of The Middle Road lived out in a commercial. It was unexpected, but it was great.
The first commercial was that VISA Commercial that shows everything running smoothly with something - a cafeteria or a greenhouse. The reason why everything is running so smoothly is because the people are all using debit cards. But then when one person pulls out a check to pay for their puchases, everything stops. After the person is done paying for their stuff, then everything starts flowing again as normal. It is a great commercial that shows how things flow and run and go smooth with the use of certain things, but then something old can disrupt that. But even though there is something that disrupts it, it still works.
The second commercial is that Heineken commercial where everyone shares their drinks with people. This commercial has an excellent message and a really beautiful concept. The commercial starts out with one person sharing his drink with another. Then that person takes the drink and gives it to somebody else. This continues on through about eight different people. But the beauty of it lies in the actual people. The commercial shows people of all different backgrounds and types sharing with each other. There is a ballerina, a Hispanic cowboy, a huge hair logger, an Indian woman, and many others. All of these people connect with each other despite their many differences. The commercial shows how this one thing connects these people that probably do not have anything else in common. These diverse individuals 'share the good' with each other and connect despite their differences.
These commercials truly show the Middle Road lived out in daily life. The Middle Road is all about putting aside differences. It is about learning how to do things in a new way. The Middle Road focuses on how we can all come together. Just like the Heinekin commercial, the Middle Road seeks to focus on the things that we have in common, not the things that make us different. The Middle Road is all about finding new ways to do things that will connect us to people - community, care, and love to a world that needs it.
These two commercials are good representations of what The Middle Road looks like.
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