Is Church a Charging Station? Getting “Outward Bound”

What if church isn’t the destination and more of a charging station, a place you fill up so you can go back out? Ed and I dig into what it means to be “outward bound,” an idea from author Vernard Eller that flips the usual church lament (“we used to have more people”) into a better question: how curious are we about the world around us? We get into spiritual batteries and why a nap might rest you without actually energizing you, the weight-training-and-watercolors theory of what recharges people, and how reaching out can start as small as a note in a neighbor’s mailbox. Plus, why we’re pretty sure it’s impossible to be lonely in the Round Hill choir. Running on empty but wanting to care about something bigger? Pull up a chair, questions welcome.