Comments on: Mission Field http://www.jonparksblog.com/2006/03/28/mission-field/ Looking for God in the Ordinary Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:32:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.jonparksblog.com/2006/03/28/mission-field/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Anonymous Wed, 03 May 2006 21:34:00 +0000 http://notesfromjon.the-parks-family.net/2006/03/28/mission-field/#comment-4 Jesus was a radical in his time. His society was very resistant to his message. Early Christians had to really WANT their salvation and they worked hard to bring the love of Christ to the masses. They had to cling to the Lord and to on another because the world was against them.<br/><br/>Not so different today. I work in the public school system and see evidence of this exact phenomenon before my very eyes. Christians have become complacent while the world around us continues to diversify. It is during times of trials that we grow the most and I, for one, welcome the challenge. I know my son will understand what it means to stand for our beliefs, because they are challenged every day. Jesus was a radical in his time. His society was very resistant to his message. Early Christians had to really WANT their salvation and they worked hard to bring the love of Christ to the masses. They had to cling to the Lord and to on another because the world was against them.

Not so different today. I work in the public school system and see evidence of this exact phenomenon before my very eyes. Christians have become complacent while the world around us continues to diversify. It is during times of trials that we grow the most and I, for one, welcome the challenge. I know my son will understand what it means to stand for our beliefs, because they are challenged every day.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.jonparksblog.com/2006/03/28/mission-field/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Anonymous Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:47:00 +0000 http://notesfromjon.the-parks-family.net/2006/03/28/mission-field/#comment-3 You have very eloquently written what I have felt for several years. That some organization has taken phrases like "Christian" or "Family Values" and copyrighted it to mean something that is quite different from what those words mean to me. My daughter is in kindergarten and when, in the midst of kindergarten conversation, she said "God is our Father" - she was challenged by SEVERAL kids! But I was glad, it was an opportunity for us to talk about it, to read the Bible and to make it mean something to her, instead of just a rote phrase that she had learned. And perhaps something for fellow kindergarteners to mull over and maybe begin having similar conversations with their parents. You have very eloquently written what I have felt for several years. That some organization has taken phrases like “Christian” or “Family Values” and copyrighted it to mean something that is quite different from what those words mean to me. My daughter is in kindergarten and when, in the midst of kindergarten conversation, she said “God is our Father” – she was challenged by SEVERAL kids! But I was glad, it was an opportunity for us to talk about it, to read the Bible and to make it mean something to her, instead of just a rote phrase that she had learned. And perhaps something for fellow kindergarteners to mull over and maybe begin having similar conversations with their parents.

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