I grew up in a loving Christian home where service was greatly encouraged. I loved being able to serve and help those around me. It drew me close to my servant saviour. However, it also led to an unhealthy desire to be needed.
We are to be a people bound to particular communities, to bear one another’s burdens. Our lives are meant to support and be supported, to be intertwined – that kind of mahi is both beautiful and hard.
Three things stood out to me in particular from examining the Patmos World Attitudes Bible Survey – what can we learn from them?
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Our lives are meant to be deeply woven together in authentic communities of faith.
Three things that stood out to me from the Patmos World Attitudes Bible Survey.
“The answer's in each other, in being connected in a meaningful way every day.”
Serving the servants, and sharing the Whittaker’s.
One-way relationships in mission are toxic for both the receiver and the giver.
Kia tau iho te rangimārie ki a koutou katoa – peace be with you.
"A boy that driveth the plough shall know more of the Scriptures than thou dost."
Who was St Francis?
We are called to be ambassadors of reconciliation.
Some of the most powerful moments of my life have happened in spiritual direction.
We lead out of who we are more than what we say.
"We pretend like everything’s fine when our houses are burning down."
