From heaven to earth

The goal of reaching heaven is fine, said guest preacher Millard Fuller in his sermon to the Park View Mennonite Church, Harrisonburg, VA, but this earth is where we live. What Jesus meant in his prayer "on earth as it is in heaven," is that he wanted his followers to bring heaven to earth, not ignoring the "mess" of earth waiting to get to heaven. Fuller, founder of Habitat for Humanity and the Fuller Center for Housing, challenged his audience to "be the presence of Christ in the world today, to lighten it up, to be the leaven and the salt. He was in the community as part of a Millard and Linda Fuller Earth Day Blitz--a collaborative partnership between Potomac Highlands Partnership Housing, a covenant partner of the Fuller Center for Housing and Almost Heaven Habitat for Humanity.