June 12, 2008
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a challenge
“You are a Christian
only so long as you look forward to a new world
only so long as you constantly pose critical questions to the society in which you live and
only so long as you emphasize the need for conversion both for yourself and for the world
You are a Christian
only so long as you do not let yourself become established in a situation of seeming calm
only so long as you stay unsatisfied with the status quo and keep saying that a new world is yet to come
You are a Christian
only when you beleive that you have a role to play in the realization of this new kingdom and when you urge everyone you meet with a holy unrest to make haste so that the promise might soon be fulfilled
so long as you live a Christian, you must keep looking for a new order, a new structure, a new life.”
–Henri J.M. Nouwen
(note…don’t think i am saying if you are not doing these things you are not saved…i am not going into doctrine and theology here…this is a challenge to step up from a book called “With Open Hands.”)
