tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435679274201464716.post478893944094655302..comments2023-07-06T03:33:33.896-04:00Comments on Learning and Leading: More Words Will Not WorkEarlham School of Religionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04413577729231632189noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435679274201464716.post-52365412456043558492013-11-19T17:04:14.762-05:002013-11-19T17:04:14.762-05:00Those seem like very good answers to think about.
...Those seem like very good answers to think about.<br /><br />My own suggested answer: First of all, ask God [in that moment] "How can I best tell this person what s/he needs to know?"<br /><br />If (as I think) our most important tradition is that God is available for this kind of guidance, this should not only lead to the best way of responding to this person, but serve as an example in a way that no monument of Good Works could equal.<br /><br />There's a quote that seems to fit right now:<br />---------------------------------<br /><br />"..it is only to the extent to which our physical presence is the presence of God through us, the presence of Eternity in time through us, that we remain the Church while remaining engaged in action. If our activity in the world becomes a disengagement in relation to God, we fall back into the condition of a human society that has an ideology but no transcendent reality."<br /><br />[Anthony Bloom]<br />---------<br /><br />(My previous comment was the same as above, except for one typo... [I'm not claiming that we don't need to also think about what we're saying and how it will be understood! That just shouldn't be our initial focus!])forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13861950371962268402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435679274201464716.post-59208011411117677892013-11-19T16:55:38.617-05:002013-11-19T16:55:38.617-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13861950371962268402noreply@blogger.com