Central to orthodox, historic Christian faith has been an awareness that God acts in history redemptively, through people, to redeem the institutions they create and the society around them. God is about being a father to the fatherless, is about the oppressed, those who have been marginalized, forgotten, neglected. If this faith doesn't lead to more compassion, more justice, more love, then it has veered dangerously off course. If what we're exploring doesn't continue this beautiful, captivating, compelling historical redemptive movement, then we're in trouble. We have lost the plot somewhere along the way.