Getting directions has never been easier. There are a plethora of websites, GPS systems, and phone apps that can tell you how to get from point A to point B. Finding direction has become more difficult. Technology has opened doors for exploration as they have never been opened up before. The Information Age could also be called the Age of Overload. We are constantly bombard with ideas about who we should be, how we should dress, what we should look like (almost always younger and fitter), what kind of car we should drive (greener and faster), and what we should spend our time doing. Behind these questions is another, it is not often advertised or directly stated, but it cannot be avoided. What do you believe? Belief determines action and our actions show our belief. However, this does not help explain what we should do with our daily lives. Many of us are left asking the question, "If I am a Christian, what am I supposed to do with my life?"
 
Addressing this question requires us to define two things: who are you, and what is a Christian. Many have debated, argued, and killed over what a Christian is or should be. It is easier to say what a Christian isn't. A Christian is not someone who goes to church each Sunday, reads their Bible, goes to Bible study, reads spiritual or religious books, listens to a specific genre of music, prays, or desires to be a missionary. These qualities may belong to someone who calls themself a Christian, but they are not a sufficient definition. At the barest level, a Christian is someone who has admitted their shortcomings before God and desires a relationship with him that will change the way they live. To put it in Christian terms: a person must repent and 'sin no more'. This does not mean we become perfect. Far from it, it means we recognize our brokenness and are seeking healing. Healing takes a lifetime, and comes out of a relationship of trust with God. We also believe that Jesus is the embodiment of God, while retaing his humanity. Jesus the Messiah, a hebrew word meaning savior, salvation bringer; someone who sets things right. The Greek word for this is Christ. Hence we call ourselves Christians, because we are not only seeking to be righted, but to bring about rightness in the world.
 
You may not agree with that definition, or the terms within it, which leads me to my next point; people, while being very similar, are very different. The Bible is written in three languages: Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew. Each of these languages has different ways of describing God. Same God, literally different words with very similar meaning, but different ideas none-the-less. How can we have so many different thoughts about the same God within the same book? Simple, we are all made in his image, but no individual is completely his image. Our language (diction, word usage, enunciation, pronunciation, and accents) reflections our maker, but no language is sufficient to describe God. Think about it this way. You want to export a document to another computer (make it go from one to the other), but your document is too big to be exported by a single exportation device (USB drive, thumb-stick, Hard drive, CD, zip disk, or three and half floppy). Therefore you put different parts of the document into different exportation devices. The devices all contain part of the document, some more than others, but none of the devices can completely reproduce the whole. Multiply this little analogy by a few billion and you have an idea of just how big God is. Since God is so big, we must all have differences in order to get any kind of idea of who God is.
 
So now we get to the fun question, "Who are you?" We assume that you are broken, because we are broken. This means that not all of our desires are healthy or will lead to a fulfilling life and whole life. The goal of being a Christian is not to do Christian stuff (but it is okay to do so). The goal is to find what part of God's image you are and help the rest of us see God in it. A community of people is a great place to start. As a Christian we commonly gather together in designated buildings to do this. We commonly call these buildings churches, but the church is not a building. Its the people inside it. And every once in a while you won't find us in those buildings. We live in houses, although not all of us; work in offices, although not all of us; go to the mall, although not all of us; and have fun. 

Jacob Fackler