Wednesday, March 28, 2012
fights
kids are playing football. a group forms around one person who has just shown up, with a starbucks drink. they are talking about different kinds of drinks that they like to get, when out of the corner of the groups collective eye, they notice a scuffle, but think nothing of it. two men break up the fight, and shout a little to end everything. the group mutters, "i thought they were playing around."
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Conversation, February 17th, 2011.
me: you know when J**** was talking about doing things to alleviate the pain of people in our neighborhood and potentially getting the opportunity to share Jesus with them? i wanted to ask at the very end if we would be disappointed with our work if we didn't have that opportunity. cause if we were, then i think we would be missing the point. one of the things i liked from the book said:
"all of this is to say that when we talk about Jesus, we must make it clear that he is not just interested in our well being in the after life..."
and this is something that i thought he really had right. if we can do something that just makes the world a better place now, how can that not be worth it? isn't that, in itself, part of God's mission? the only problem i really know about with the social gospel was the idea that Jesus will come back when the world is a good enough place, but i think its still really important to do what we can to make the world better.
him: Good point. I noticed that. It was a lot of, 'you don't have to witness directly if you just serve... but you would anyway.' A lil double talkish. That perspective could bias a person to where they're still pushing to witness even though they claim they're just going to serve.
It's kind of like the expectations placed on short term mission trips. Your youth pastor tells you you're going there to serve and change people's lives, when in reality the purpose for you to go, to an already established outreach, is so you can be changed. And this perspective that isn't holistic could leave you thinking, as we discussed, that that is missions; spending money to travel somewhere far far away and sleeping on the floor, etc., for one week, and thus limiting and biasing your expectations for missions and in turn how you practice missions.
"all of this is to say that when we talk about Jesus, we must make it clear that he is not just interested in our well being in the after life..."
and this is something that i thought he really had right. if we can do something that just makes the world a better place now, how can that not be worth it? isn't that, in itself, part of God's mission? the only problem i really know about with the social gospel was the idea that Jesus will come back when the world is a good enough place, but i think its still really important to do what we can to make the world better.
him: Good point. I noticed that. It was a lot of, 'you don't have to witness directly if you just serve... but you would anyway.' A lil double talkish. That perspective could bias a person to where they're still pushing to witness even though they claim they're just going to serve.
It's kind of like the expectations placed on short term mission trips. Your youth pastor tells you you're going there to serve and change people's lives, when in reality the purpose for you to go, to an already established outreach, is so you can be changed. And this perspective that isn't holistic could leave you thinking, as we discussed, that that is missions; spending money to travel somewhere far far away and sleeping on the floor, etc., for one week, and thus limiting and biasing your expectations for missions and in turn how you practice missions.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
I burst into the room, and there he sat
at his desk, reclining, legs crossed.
his gray hair in it's familiar ponytail.
he turned a little to me, but was comfortable and unconcerned,
sage-like
and he spoke encouragement.
i assured him i had thought of that.
but i left wondering,
could i, would i?
really?
at his desk, reclining, legs crossed.
his gray hair in it's familiar ponytail.
he turned a little to me, but was comfortable and unconcerned,
sage-like
and he spoke encouragement.
i assured him i had thought of that.
but i left wondering,
could i, would i?
really?
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Friday, March 2, 2012
from Least Helpful
it's this blog? and they post reviews that are ridiculous? but real?
http://leasthelpful.com/
http://leasthelpful.com/
Thursday, March 1, 2012
"i hate that girl."
this girl who sits near me in my soc class is clearly very reserved. i've heard her complain about people being so open about their lives and their opinions in the class; she doesn't think it's normal. we both watched a video about abortion, and she told me how terrible she thinks abortion is. "anyone who has an abortion should never be able to have kids... they should (during abortion procedures) remove anything the women doesn't need, because she shouldn't have kids."
i was shocked by her openness with her views, even going as far to suggest that a women who gets raped and gets pregnant shouldn't get an abortion, because that is her fault.
she told me that she hates hearing people communicate liberal ideas, because they just sound stupid to her.
she told me she is offended by gay marriage.
i've never known any one to be so conservative as she is, and so honest about it. people are usually respectful enough to keep some stuff to themselves, or at least find a better way to say the things that she was communicating.
it was, some how, kind of refreshing?
of course, i didn't agree with her on, anything. honestly, people who more subtly say what she is saying i think sound stupid (the same as she said of liberal ideas). but i found this girl fascinating, and i sort of appreciated her bluntness? or something?
i was shocked by her openness with her views, even going as far to suggest that a women who gets raped and gets pregnant shouldn't get an abortion, because that is her fault.
she told me that she hates hearing people communicate liberal ideas, because they just sound stupid to her.
she told me she is offended by gay marriage.
i've never known any one to be so conservative as she is, and so honest about it. people are usually respectful enough to keep some stuff to themselves, or at least find a better way to say the things that she was communicating.
it was, some how, kind of refreshing?
of course, i didn't agree with her on, anything. honestly, people who more subtly say what she is saying i think sound stupid (the same as she said of liberal ideas). but i found this girl fascinating, and i sort of appreciated her bluntness? or something?
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