A lot of people were heading to Asbury University, a private Christian university in Wilmore, Kentucky. I had not been to Asbury, and I have not been to Asbury. I do not anticipate going to Asbury.
Why were they going to Asbury? It was because, for several weeks in February, something was taking place in the chapel of Asbury University. A regular Wednesday morning chapel service became a sort of rolling worship service. Revival, we were told, is happening at Asbury. Many people were heading to Asbury. A couple of friends asked me, ‘Should I go to Asbury?’
I think they may have holy FOMO. FOMO, as you may know, is the Fear Of Missing Out. It is a fundamentally stressful state of being, involving a sort of constant apprehension – usually fuelled in these days by a stream of online information and a flood of social media – that someone, somewhere, is enjoying something that you want or need, some event or experience that will make your life fundamentally better.
