I devoutly — I choose the adverb with care — wish Christians would just stop writing these speculative essays about where Christianity is headed, what the future holds for Christians, etc. etc. We’ve been ordered not to think that way. It’s a half-hearted form of divination, and an excellent way to be distracted from what the follower of Christ is called to be or do right now. Holy Week is a good time to recognize this habit of endless speculation as a form of disobedience and to renounce it.