A New Way of Seeing the World

Do you remember Magic Eye pictures? If you grew up in the ’90s, there’s no way you didn’t encounter them. They were everywhere. I remember they were even included in the Sunday edition of our local newspaper.
 
If you don’t know what a Magic Eye is, they’re officially called stereograms. They’re 2D images that, when you look at them just right, suddenly become 3D. Each Magic Eye contained a hidden shape or object. It might be a unicorn, a baseball player, or something equally random. The trick was getting the image to pop and holding it long enough to figure out what you were actually looking at. Were you ever able to make them work?
 
The first Magic Eye book had the tagline, “A new way of looking at the world.” And it’s true. It was a new, headache-inducing way to see the world.
 
This week, we’re going to explore the life of a man who saw the world differently. His name was Stephen. Stephen lived with his eyes fixed on Jesus, and because of that, he navigated the world differently than everyone around him. We’ll see how Stephen’s vision of Jesus gave him the courage to die for his faith and became part of God’s plan to launch the church out of Jerusalem and into the rest of the world.
 
I’d love for you to join us tomorrow as we discover a new way of looking at the world, and how that vision can shape our lives in beautiful and life-changing ways.
 
Plus, it’s the first Sunday of June, which means we’ll be celebrating communion together. I hope you’ll join us.