More and more, the desire grows in me simply to walk around, greet people, enter their homes, sit on their doorsteps, play ball, throw water, and be known as someone who wants to live with them. It is a privilege to have the time to practice this simple ministry of presence. Still, it is not as simple as it seems.-- Henri Nouwen
My own desire to be useful, to do something significant, or to be part of some impressive project is so strong that soon my time is taken up by meetings, conferences, study groups, and workshops that prevent me from walking the streets. It is difficult not to have plans, not to organize people around an urgent cause, and not to feel that you are working directly for social progress.
But I wonder more and more if the first thing shouldn’t be to know people by name, to eat and drink with them, to listen to their stories and tell your own, and to let them know with words, handshakes, and hugs that you do not simply like them, but truly love them.
(taken from Missional Church Network)
3 comments:
Hallo!
Als ich dein Blog von heute gelesen habe, habe ich gedacht, dass du, Marte, die Wörter selbst geschrieben hast. Ich finde den Autor "Henry" sehr interessant. Ich liebe dich! P.S. Did you post your blog at 1:00 a.m. Swiss time? Geh ins Bett! :)
Whoops! I forgot to put in my name from the comment above.
Deine Mutti,
Mary
Nein, Mutti. The time stamp you are referring to said "9:13 AM". Stimmit? I think that is referring to PST from when I began this blog in California (I need to change the settings on this blog).
But regardless, you are doing the time conversion wrong. I am 8 hours ahead of you in MST (9 hours ahead of PST) -- not the other way around. So I didn't post this at 1:00AM like you suspected but rather at 6:13PM (9 hours after 9:13AM PST). Verstehen?
I definitely didn't post that at 1am here. And, it is "Henri" not "Henry". But, I'm glad you liked the quote... I liebe dich auch!
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