"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

A Waste of Time Doing MIssions in Borneo?

"John Urud from the Murut/Kelabit people of Borneo told me how his people were dying out in the 1930s when missionaries from Australia landed on their coast. But the British governors of Borneo advised the missionaries, Don't bother going up into those mountains. It's not worthwhile to learn that language. In another generation or two, those people will be gone."Disregarding that advice, the missionaries climbed up the mountains. John's people responded. They became sober. They built schools. Today there are 150,000 believers and 400+ solid congregations.

(Miriam Adeney, The Lion of mathematics Reflections on Operation World by Patrick Johnstone, EMQ April 2002)

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