Sunday 27 March 2011

Crazy But Not Alone


We have to remind each other that we are not crazy, or that if we are crazy, then at least we're not alone.
For the record, Shane Claiborne doesn't think he's crazy - except maybe in the same way that the people of Jesus's day thought Jesus and the disciples were crazy. Or to put it another way:
If we are crazy, then it is because we refuse to be crazy in the same way that the world has gone crazy
He talks about the crazy way our world operates, but also laments the numbing effect it has on us - using the metaphor of eyes adjusting to the dark. He says that "the darkness of the world will try to smother the light, so we have to surround ourselves with people who makes us shine brighter.

At the end, he gives an "alter call" - a call for us to "alter our vision from the patterns of this world and create new ways of living."

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