our voice
"I found my own voice"- those were the words of Hillary Clinton upon winning the NH primary. Though I am not entirely sure of what she meant- she alluded that it came from listening to the people she ran into on her campaign trail- sometime between getting into it with Barack and Edwards at the debate I imagine. But nevertheless I found her statement quite interesting. Her own voice....our own voice....what does that mean?
As children of God, who have been given the great gift of Christ, and who now are called to share that gift what does our voice truly sound like? Maybe it's not a universal voice- actually it probably must be contextual. But what do we say as christians in the face of the injustices we see in the world and even in the church? I know we can fall back on the response that Jesus is love, this is a broken world....and God is still God- but what do we say to really combat the influence and oppression that is present in our world?
With Hillary's words in my mind I was reading the second reading for this week from Acts. Peter says, "He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead." That sounds great- a calling indeed- but how do we do that in terms that make sense today when so many people don't have a clue about Christ, about what it means for him to be "judge of the living and the dead"- when so many don't think they need Christ as we talked about before. What is the prophetic voice we are called to have?
eager to hear some thoughts
jg
As children of God, who have been given the great gift of Christ, and who now are called to share that gift what does our voice truly sound like? Maybe it's not a universal voice- actually it probably must be contextual. But what do we say as christians in the face of the injustices we see in the world and even in the church? I know we can fall back on the response that Jesus is love, this is a broken world....and God is still God- but what do we say to really combat the influence and oppression that is present in our world?
With Hillary's words in my mind I was reading the second reading for this week from Acts. Peter says, "He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead." That sounds great- a calling indeed- but how do we do that in terms that make sense today when so many people don't have a clue about Christ, about what it means for him to be "judge of the living and the dead"- when so many don't think they need Christ as we talked about before. What is the prophetic voice we are called to have?
eager to hear some thoughts
jg
Labels: discipleship
JG,
Good to see you blogging regularly. From my -20 F morning I thought I would share one thought. If nothing else, we can tell others to "Come and See". It worked for Jesus and for many disciples. It worked for me in leading a group to Guatemala. Most of all it honors a core belief of mine: faith is caught more than it is taught. Somehow I believe we have to get walking out in the world with folks listening for expressed-felt needs and trying to meet them. In that kind of activity I think we 'find our voice' as it is prompted by the Spirit. Paz.
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Chad K |
9:28 AM