"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).

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Is Prosperous Society Producing “Softer” Men and Women?”

“The words of a verse from a hymn written by one of the first Greenland missionaries expresses something of the fibre of their attitude

‘to through ice and snow, one poor lost soul for Christ to gain; Glad, we bear want and distress to set forth the Lamb once slain.”

The Moravians resolutely tackled new languages without many of the modem aids, and numbers of them went on to become outstandingly fluent and proficient in them. This was the stuff, then, of which these men were made. We may face a different pattern of demands today, but the need for a like measure of God-given courage remains the same. Is our easy-going, prosperous society producing “softer” men and women?”

("Europe’s Moravians: A pioneer Missionary Church. Colin A. Grant. "Perspectives on the world Christian Movement", 1999, William Carey Library, Pasadena California . Pg 276)

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