tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145971.post3956927364742978229..comments2024-01-30T19:47:17.119+00:00Comments on URBANarmy: Nouwen on Leadership...Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06923211288631648610noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145971.post-47878531822573069932008-12-15T15:49:00.000+00:002008-12-15T15:49:00.000+00:00Thanks Sue - it is hard taking off the mask! It wa...Thanks Sue - it is hard taking off the mask! It was great seeing you and teh kids the other week.Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06923211288631648610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145971.post-1079824454228243862008-12-15T15:47:00.000+00:002008-12-15T15:47:00.000+00:00Hi Stephen,On being 'completely irrelevant' - I re...Hi Stephen,<BR/><BR/>On being 'completely irrelevant' - I read not in terms of outward engagement but rather inward alignment.<BR/><BR/>Hope you guys are well and enjoying lif in t North!Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06923211288631648610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145971.post-77206450858819339072008-12-10T09:07:00.000+00:002008-12-10T09:07:00.000+00:00Gordonvulnerability is costly but necessary. we've...Gordon<BR/><BR/>vulnerability is costly but necessary. we've seen that in your vulnerability people begin to believe too that they are accepted by God and the church. i thank God for that revelation that has come to us through many hardships. i also thank God for people like you and Kate <BR/><BR/>Sue WAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145971.post-67115610397999238392008-12-10T01:21:00.000+00:002008-12-10T01:21:00.000+00:00Wow, those quotes have got me thinking. As a Chris...Wow, those quotes have got me thinking. As a Christian leader, I have suffered some knocks from people who are Christians, which I think tends to make me withdraw more behind a facade of power rather than vulnerability and love. <BR/><BR/>I need a constant reminder that to be vulnerable and loving, even with the asscoiated costs, is something Christlike (The cross) and I need to reorient myself Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145971.post-92051830404736890122008-12-09T19:14:00.000+00:002008-12-09T19:14:00.000+00:00Interesting thoughts indeed, that seem to contradi...Interesting thoughts indeed, that seem to contradict a lot of other material on contextualisation etc. The idea of being "completely irrelevant" is hardly the stuff of mission teaching is it? So is the challenge in developing missionary leaders to find a way of harmonising the two without compromising either?<BR/><BR/>I'm sat here preparing a mission studies seminar on anthropology of all Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com