tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19080182.post4308165813242974589..comments2024-03-26T17:40:35.508-07:00Comments on notes from dave: Mission, Missions, and MissionalDave Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16777087329254991970noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19080182.post-86490638372712135052010-01-03T12:47:48.088-08:002010-01-03T12:47:48.088-08:00Great blog Dave, armchair missionaries you could c...Great blog Dave, armchair missionaries you could call them and yet there is value in everything imo.Z-manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06158941102166215285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19080182.post-45108223627986596832009-12-28T18:52:07.088-08:002009-12-28T18:52:07.088-08:00Great question Michael. I hope I am not changing ...Great question Michael. I hope I am not changing as I believe that to be true, and I think my upcoming CTI article will affirm that.<br /><br />But here is where I am struggling. How can we challenge people to live missional lives 24/7, yet not devalue the "ends of the earth" experiences?<br /><br />Maybe it is like this. Is the church, in calling everything missional, forgetting that there is something very special in being called overseas, and slacking off calling the very best local missional people to go "over there?"Dave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16777087329254991970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19080182.post-25551640580015452972009-12-24T15:46:36.704-08:002009-12-24T15:46:36.704-08:00Great assessment of our most honorable culture S a...Great assessment of our most honorable culture S and F. The question is to continue to ask how much this has infected the body of Christ.<br /><br />Dave, I distinctly remember you saying to our students every year (this is my paraphrase), "now if this was just a mission trip and you aren't on mission all year long than this was a meaningless experience". Has your perspective been changing or are these two entirely different thoughts?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05677287988397103366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19080182.post-68443671279623467622009-12-24T05:06:30.814-08:002009-12-24T05:06:30.814-08:00Evil Empire Erector!! Don't you know that goi...Evil Empire Erector!! Don't you know that going unto the ends of the Earth was merely a ploy of the CIA!! Peddling American influence across the globe is inexcusable!!<br /><br />Okay, seriously now. Good questions. I tend to be inclined to chalk this shift up to a combination of America's traditional insularity and our contemporary trend toward self-absorption. The former needs no explanation. Our self-absorption, on the other hand, is quite complex and many might debate it. Personally, I look at the post-WWII generation and I see a remarkably self-serving and hedonistic bunch of folks with second homes and thirty-years of retirement who raised an even less self-sacrificing generation which begat my own narcissistic generation. We don't go camping in a tent because sleeping on the ground is uncomfortable, we don't permit competition in youth sports because losing is uncomfortable, and we generally go about shielding ourselves from discomfort of any sort.<br /><br />If the Church is to rise to the occasion, it might be well-served to encourage its congregations to get a little more uncomfortable every now and again.btchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272513156138058251noreply@blogger.com