I hesitate to post this, because I would like to get some discussion going on the previous post.
But I don't think I can pass up this opportunity. (Don't forget, you still need to read Gorman's article in the post below!)
For all of you who have heard me or someone else rant and rave about Donald Miller's Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality, I would like to grab a chance for you to read what is probably my favorite section of the book. In fact, it left me in tears the first time I read it and has been something I have revisited several times.
You can read this excerpt by clicking here.
4 comments:
This is beautiful. I have re-read this section several times today and tears welled up in my eyes each time. I have forwarded the link on to several people.
I need to get this book now.
How much more effective could Christians be if we approached the world with humility rather than judgmental arrogance.
Gandhi said it best. "The whole world might be followers of Christ if it were not for all of the Christians."
In light of other discussions I have been in today, I just started comparing this attitude with that of Pat Robertson in his current debacle. Interesting, eh?
I've been struck several times over the last few days about our tendency as Americans, as Christians, as men, (as lawyers) to cast things in terms of winning and losing. These are not the only options, and if winning - and by necessity beating someone else - is our goal, then humility suffers. Jesus did not try to win, he loved, and in fact, in human terms, lost.
This piece is a beautiful expression of love, not competition. Our free market can make us so ruthless, so cagey, than we forget Jesus' economy of love, service and submission.
(My wife teaches me these lessons in ways I never imagined.)
Absolutely awseome man. Thanks for posting a link to this article and for letting God speak through you through this article through Donald Miller through...you get the idea. Grace.
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