Eric H.F. Law
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“God loves my people and me. God also loves those whom I consider my enemies. Now what do I do? The spirit of truth does not see the world in either-or or binary form. Technologies are not always against nature. Human action and nature’s process are not always at odds with each other. Globalism and localism are not mutually exclusive. Immigrants and citizens do not have to be fearful of the other. Gay and straight are not enemies. Pro-life and pro-choice people are not necessarily adversaries. Men and women are not opposites. Archbishop Desmond Tutu said, “Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.â€�1 In”
― Holy Currencies: Six Blessings for Sustainable Missional Ministries
― Holy Currencies: Six Blessings for Sustainable Missional Ministries
“There is no halftruth in the Hebrew emet. We cannot take one moment, one feeling, or one perspective and call that the truth. For this reason, we do not select one verse from the Bible and use it in a polarizing way to make judgments, calling that verse the “truth.â€� To discern the truth we need to read the whole Bible from beginning to end. The Chinese word for truthful or genuine, (zhén), includes two ideograms, (shÃ) and (mù). is the number ten while represents the eye. The bottom part is the symbol for a table. The number ten symbolizes completeness or wholeness. Discerning the truth requires that we look at an issue or event in a wholistic way, perhaps through ten different eyes, or ten different perspectives on the table. The”
― Holy Currencies: Six Blessings for Sustainable Missional Ministries
― Holy Currencies: Six Blessings for Sustainable Missional Ministries
“So when we do not have much money, we should give it away anyway. It can be exchanged for other currencies that we need more than mere money. When we give, we interact with others and we exchange other currencies. When we give, we form trusting networks and create community. When we give, we start things moving and flowing again, recirculating different currencies through the community.”
― Holy Currencies: Six Blessings for Sustainable Missional Ministries
― Holy Currencies: Six Blessings for Sustainable Missional Ministries
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