We are a people who are fascinated with the transformation of others. We watch "The Biggest Loser" and see someone lose over 100 pounds and look and feel radically different. Have you seen a child that you haven't seen in a few years? You can't help but gush over how much they have changed. And I guarantee that, if I put a Buzzfeed link in this column to "10 Celebrities before they were stars" or "5 Plastic Surgeries that Transform a Life," some of you-you know who you are-would click before reading this.
When we talk about life transformation at First Methodist, we are talking about the type of life transformation found in the classic hymn, "Amazing Grace." "I once was lost, but now am found. I once was blind, but now I see." 1 Peter 2:10, "Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy."
As the people of God, life transformation is both extraordinary (because of the work God does in our lives) and ordi
