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By: John Frye

John Frye — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:40:24 +0000

Craig #16,
We all have a tendency to drift. Keep immersed in the Gospels and in love with Jesus. I pray God’s blessing on your kingdom endeavors in Peru.

By: John Frye

John Frye — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:38:51 +0000

Mark R #15,
Thanks, mate. I like the graphic of the JUMBO jet

By: Craig

Craig — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:32:15 +0000

John,
As a church planting missionary in urban South America, I have found that it is easy to fall into the surburban theological passivity. We just go about our “job” but the urgency needed to train new leaders, mobilize others to reach out to their own, and to live the “improper life” disappears. Thanks for the wake up call. I, too, want to make sure I don’t sell the next generation a toothless, passive, and non-demanding version of Christianity to the leaders in Perú. Thanks for the encouragement.
Craig

By: Mark R

Mark R — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:36:29 +0000

just letting you know I have grabbed the last parargraph and linked here.

By: John Frye

John Frye — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:40:55 +0000

Mark R,
Thanks for traveling up from “down under” and commenting. I appreciate your encouragement. God bless you.
John

By: Mark R

Mark R — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:27:27 +0000

How sad is that? my heart breaks – love the term ‘improper life’, thankyou for this post, Shalom.

By: John Frye

John Frye — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:13:31 +0000

Rosita,
Thank you very much for sharing part of your story. I love the variety and integrity of the “body of Christ.” I agree that “it is really hard here in the USAmerican mainstream context to stay really alert and to keep our faith at such a level. Of course, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try even harder to do so.” God bless you!

By: Rosita

Rosita — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:53:34 +0000

Your reflection is so true. Thank you for sharing it. I have always been grateful for my parents for making us aware of the situations in other parts of the world and the need for a strong faith even though things seem easy. And that true faith means taking risks and putting oneself at times in situations that seem dangerous or crazy. (My parents moved us to the inner city of a large US city when my dad became a pastor of a church there, eventhough others critized him for that choice telling him he was putting his family at risk. His response was he had to live in the community his parishners lived in if he was going to be able to relate to their struggles. And I still have friends for that neighborhood eventhough I haven’t lived there in 25+ years.)

Even with this though, it was a real experience to see/hear about my husband’s faith and the situations he experienced. His father is a first generation Christian in Africa and founded the church is their village. He really raised his children counter to the traditional culture and my husband and his siblings were definately “outside” of a lot of the social activities. His father had to take all is family and leave the country for a period of time as well, because there was persecution of church leaders and his father was in great danger because he was so outspoken.

All that to say that it is so true that even when there is a real effort made, it is really hard here in the USAmerican mainstream context to stay really alert and to keep our faith at such a level. Of course, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try even harder to do so.