| 8.9.04 |
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since i'm dwelling in this awe-of-christian-intellectual-writers moment, i will once again comment on work by lauren, in this interview. here she mentions that in her conversion from judaism to christianity she lost some friendships because the social context for the relationship ceased to exist. this makes me question my personal motives and the motives of others in my christian community. not for any motive that could be judged as 'wrong', but rather just the motivation. do we join a christian community because it meets a certain social need?
and further, i am struck by the conflicting messages that the church gives. we are to reach out to others for the purpose of sharing the gospel, but how can we do that amidst the social context we have built for ourselves. literally, when can we see others outside of our church when we spend our time at biblestudy, movie nights or ultimate frisbee games? are we supposed to have both lives? i've tried to merge social contexts, but it has proven to be quite challenging. therefore, i believe we are not to have separate lives, but rather we are to live in the community. the worldly community. |
| posted by Paige @ 10:41 AM |
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