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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