If Jesus Walked Our Streets

A good list by Carmen C. Dicello.

    If Jesus were walking our streets [post]. . .

  • He would be more critical of those who are theologically on target than those who are not.
  • He would attend celebrations and drinking parties.
  • He would possibly provide the beer.
  • He would drink with the rest of us.
  • He would spent a good chunk of time with those whom the religiously “pure” had no time for.
  • He would interrupt some of our religious services by making unplanned announcements and controversial statements.
  • He would tell stories that were relevant and attractive but not always immediately clear.
  • He would spend a lot more time encouraging others to follow him than he would simply providing religious facts about himself.
  • He would live courageously yet humbling.
  • He would serve those who crossed his path.
  • He would rub shoulders with the outcasts of society.
  • He would demonstrate that theology is intended to be done in public and on the streets.
  • He would go places deemed objectionable by the moral standard-bearers of society.
  • He would make people feel both comfortable and uneasy.
  • He would violate some of the rules of the religious establishment.
  • He would desire to heal and not to hurt.
  • He would be compassionate every day.
  • He would be challenged (and in some cases hated) by the experts of our day.
  • He would probably cause a lot of us to wonder if he is truly the one he claimed to be.
  • He would keep his promises.
  • He would most likely be criticized by a good percentage of the media.
  • He would . . .

Also, peek around on the sight I found this on: The Porpoise Diving Life–Reality For the Rest of Us or Picking Up Where Purpose-Driven Peters Out by Bill Dahl.

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