"When you begin to think outside the box, you often become some other "leaders" lousy follower. That usually costs something" (Andy Rayner)

"Our guardian angels are bored." (Mike Foster)

It's where I feel I'm at these days. “In the second half of life, it is good just to be a part of the general dance. We do not have to stand out, make defining moves, or be better than anyone else on the dance floor. Life is more participatory than assertive, and there is no need for strong or further self-definition” (Falling Upward. Richard Rohr.120).

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Needless Change!

"The vegetarian Hindu must not fear becoming Christian because Christians supposedly must eat meat and drink blood. The Chinese may be reluctant to follow Jesus because of a misunderstanding that conversion means complete repudiation of their ancestral past. The nomad ought not believe that all Christians must live in cities and speak English. Such misimpressions may seem trivial, but to men and women in unreached people groups, they present very real barriers of the magnitude of something like a sex change would be in America. Christ did not die for Muslims to eat pork or for aborigines to wear shoes. "

(Perspectives 3rd edition: "Acts of Obedience", Steven C. Hawthorne, pg 125, 1999, William Carey Library)

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