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It’s all about love / Apr 17, 11:48 AM
An excerpt from my February newsletter:
You may wonder if I’m going out on the streets “evangelizing.” If you’ve been reading this newsletter for the past 5 months, by now you probably know that we are not. So what is the “Mission” part of “Mission Year” all about? We are engaged in what some would call “relational evangelism” – building relationships and showing love (Christ) through our daily interactions. We show this love at our services sites: the staff and community members we provide services to in so many ways throughout the week, in our neighborhood: all the adults and kids we’re building relationships with, inviting over for meals and baking cookies and bread for, at church: by giving hugs, talking with people, and serving when we are able, within our apartment: doing day-to-day duties like making meals for one another, washing the dishes, going to the Laundromat and grocery store, cleaning the bathroom or kitchen or living room, and by listening to one another (sharing our lives).
How did Jesus love? Simply through the interactions he had with people. He loved in his own neighborhood and in the places he was a foreigner, he loved at the synagogue, he loved the people he seemed to spend the most time with – the 12 disciples, as they ate together, and listened to and lived with one another (and he even washed their feet!), and Jesus loved as he served everywhere he went. He gave up his life in the ultimate act of love, bringing redemption, salvation, and justice.
We love because he first loved us.
“I don’t think we have to evangelize more, although evangelism is necessary. I don’t think we have to preach more, although we must preach. I think we must live together and show forth the love that Christ has for us.”
— George J. Taylor
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Well said Andrea!
By Shawn Casselberry / Apr 17, 02:27 PM / #