What’s Next Step?

People ask me sometimes, “So, what’s the next step? How do I know what to do next in life?”

First, it should be noted that I’m asking that question as well.

Second, I usually respond by saying something about having responses, not answers. And my responses normally wind up being something about…

• uncontrolling love,

• that there is usually more than one right next step to make (as opposed to the oft-parroted ideas around God pre-ordaining certain doors to open and close to get us into that one right spot),

• that the future is undetermined,

• that life constantly changes,

• that God is with us in all the indeterminacy,

• and that, thankfully, this whole thing really isn't about a quantifiable morality, rather a qualitative beauty (e.g, love.)

So, there you go. Now you know what the next step is.