tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593204.post112987069224608181..comments2023-10-29T00:27:50.643-07:00Comments on 2012: Renegotiating NarrativesRyan Lee Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04483142871305228497noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593204.post-1129914750383307142005-10-21T10:12:00.000-07:002005-10-21T10:12:00.000-07:00Ryan,Just finished Colossians Remixed myself... go...Ryan,<BR/>Just finished Colossians Remixed myself... good post. People ARE trapped in this narrative and Scripture is being read through those dumbed down goggles.<BR/>Grace,<BR/>BrianBrian Aabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896291751052230252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593204.post-1129895664890620162005-10-21T04:54:00.000-07:002005-10-21T04:54:00.000-07:00You make a great point here. I've been reading th...You make a great point here. I've been reading through Richard Foster's book, "The Freedom of Simplicity", and he makes a similar charge. We've just lost sight of sacrifice and have totally muddled the idea of what we really "need". Need for us now includes entertainment and stuff as opposed to meaningful relationships and community. I sit back in the area in which we live (Bradenton/Sarasota, FL) and just shake my head at the rise of megachurches that seemed intrinsically tied to the suburban shift. The thing that I find ironic is this: With all of these huge churches and affluence in the area, why is it that our community seems the same?<BR/><BR/>I wonder what Jesus would say...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593204.post-1129890246978488722005-10-21T03:24:00.000-07:002005-10-21T03:24:00.000-07:00You know, my college roommate and I used to laugh ...You know, my college roommate and I used to laugh at the irony presented by Dallas and its sidekick Plano- or as we knew it "Sin City"...biblcizing yet money worshipping...and that definitely narrated the behavior of the majority of Baylorites.<BR/><BR/>It kind of also reminds me of a lot of my med school friends... they tell me a fairly large percentage of kids start off on the voyage to becoming a doctor with a lot of philanthropic ideas of doing medicine in Uganda, Honduras or even just in free-clinics in the states but fatigue along the way re-routes their plans into the Planos that are America.... because they start to think, "I've worked hard... I deserve some element of comfort." <BR/><BR/>but part of being kingdom minded is realising the work has just begun... there is just no room for surrendering to lesser things. as vince lombardi said, "fatigue makes cowards of us all."Emma https://www.blogger.com/profile/06618383038994191738noreply@blogger.com