There are more TV channels than ever before, home theatre systems, instant communication available to anyone in the world, mobile phones with access to the internet and cars in every driveway and yet “boredom” has running-empty[1]become a part of everyday life. Psychiatrists throughout the developed world are reporting that their patients most common symptoms are boredom and depression.

T.S. Elliot captured the horrible feeling of boredom when his character J. Alfred Prufrock spoke about “measuring out his whole life in coffee spoons”.

It seems that our technological culture has been too successful.  Our survival needs are so well cared for that we need to fill our life up with new diversions.  These diversions often fill our time but don’t give us meaning, purpose or fulfilment.  Its like we are running with nowhere special to go.

  • Our lives need to be filled with a vision.
  • A vision of God’s intention for our lives.
  • A meaning that comes from serving the God of the universe.
  • A purpose that stems from spreading the gospel of grace to an empty world.

Stephen Semenchuk
Senior Minister