to ponder

I read this in an article last week,“It’s often said that we Christians eat our own.” It went on to say, “For a people whose go-to ideas are love for God and love for others, we Christians can be pretty horrible toward one another”.  Well, people in general can be pretty horrible at times. I would hope that as seekers we would be more open, nurturing, forgiving, understanding, tolerant, accepting etc. This article was in reference to a person in the Christian community who broke script and began to ask questions. Thought provoking questions. He did not take a stance of what is true but hit the gray area that invites us to wonder, ask, listen and grow. He dared Christians to dig deeper, think, explore, have conversations and test everything….to take a level of responsibility for our own understanding so that we can move beyond the things and people that shape us in this world. Unfortunately, the things that shape us can bring us to do the very thing that we should not. So we hold up a guard and choose carefully what we say and do and that is a shame. How do we grow in that environment?

Peace,

Lion’s Den Man