Feeling a little better this morning. Slowly but surely. Being back at work this morning reminds me of those awful days in school where you'd get sick and then even the thought of homework piling up made you want to die a quick death.
It's hard to believe summer is almost over. Maddie starts school in another week and a half. The college students will soon be filling our pews again. Every commercial on TV reminds us that it's time to shop for school supplies. By the way...anyone else notice that JC Penny has gone totally ghetto this year? What's the deal?
I was reading a section of Brian McLaren and Tony Compolo's book Adventures in Missing the Point. Brian writes that we Christians often choose to either be completely of the culture or completely isolated from culture. Both are equally damaging in our witness to the the world. Brian says, "Jesus invites us to remember our identity and mission. He wants us to join him in entering the world to enjoy and celebrate all that's good--and to seek to transform all that's not."
I'll close with one section that I thought was especially powerful.
Consider Jesus:
*He was sent into the world as a seeker of lost treasures, a doctor to sick
people, a friend to the friendless. Do we share his mission?
*He was an expression of God's love for the world. Could we be called the
same?
*He wants to redeem and save the cultures of the world. Do we similarly
respect and love the world's diverse cultures?
*He attended parties and so was accused of being drunk and a glutton,
companion on tax collectors and other sinners. Are we too isolated to be
similarly accused?
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