"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).

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Loving people.... "Not Like You"

Our problem is our definition of Neighbor..... When Jesus talked of Neighbors he was taking about a Jew loving a Samaritan. We have defined Neighbor, in America, as someone like us in our Neighborhood. (Eastern people hear it loud and clear that Jesus means people not like you) But when Jesus told that story..... it was someone you would actually hate, someone you would not want to be around....... you wouldn't want your son or daughter to marry them.
You want to know the genius and brilliance of the church, when it becomes the most luminous, and the brightest,. It is when you can love someone not like you. Is it any big deal when you have a church filled with people like you The world doesn't take notice. But they take notice when a Mother Teresa will give her whole life and love dieing people in India. The world takes notice when a Nelson Mandela has been imprisoned for thirty years on Robins island, in a small cell, moving rocks from one side to the other, the same rocks. But then he says we need to forgive, Jesus knew what he was talking about when he said Love God Love your neighbor. Love someone not like you." David Gibbons
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