Neighbour

A couple of quick things ...

Since Sean and Alice have both commented on feeling anger I thought I'd mention a conversation I had with Christy a few weeks ago. We were talking about debrief and she reminded me how angry I was when trying to process my first overseas experience in Ecuador back in 2000. I had forgotten how angry I was ... but looking back I see how God used that anger at injustice and idolatry (materialism/consumerism) to shape my future. At the time I had one more year in a biology degree with no thoughts of pursuing any Christian ministry as a full-time vocation ... a year later I was in seminary. Anger is a sign that something is wrong ... like sadness, or pain ... something wrong with us, with our relationships, or with the world ... the danger lies in repression of the anger onto ourselves or projection onto others undeserving ... I pray that God would reveal to all of us the roots of our anger, and show us the way/s to right those wrongs.

The other thing is just a quote that I found as I am working on a conept analysis of the word "neighbour" - I feel very patriotic about that "u". The quote is a reflection on the parable of the Good Samaritan.

"It is from the perspective of the ditch where one lies helpless and battered, and in desperate need of help, that one should reflect upon the question "who is my neighbour?" Then one will know how wide the reach of neighbour love should extend when one is in a position to be handing out favours." John Nolland