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Bezig met laden... Friendship at the Margins: Discovering Mutuality in Service and Mission (Resources for Reconciliation)door Christopher L. Heuertz
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In our anonymous and dehumanized world, the simple practice of friendship is radically countercultural. But sometimes Christians inadvertently marginalize and objectify the very ones they most want to serve.Chris Heuertz, international director of Word Made Flesh, and theologian and ethicist Christine Pohl show how friendship is a Christian vocation that can bring reconciliation and healing to our broken world. They contend that unlikely friendships are at the center of an alternative paradigm for mission, where people are not objectified as potential converts but encountered in a relationship of mutuality and reciprocity.When we befriend those on the margins of society by practicing hospitality and welcome, we create communities where righteousness and justice can be lived out. Heuertz and Pohl's reflections offer fresh insight into Christian mission and what it means to be the church in the world today. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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As a leader in the missions organization Word Made Flesh (Heuertz) and an academic involved with a community of homeless people (Pohl), they write from the context of developing friendships with poor families. Many of their thoughts, though, can be applied to the cultivation of friendships with people on other margins - those of class, sexuality, mental and physical ability, and social acceptance. They encourage relationships in which a marginalized person is dignified by having friends who recognize his/her unique contributions to the friendship, understand his/her set of resources as valuable, and accept the gifts and hospitality he/she offers. I appreciated the comprehensiveness of the book: it did not shy away from the complications and ambiguities of friendships at the margins, nor did it pretend that those sorts of relationships alone can sustain us.
I marked all over the pages of this book. It's a slim volume, but it's a treasure trove of wisdom, stories, and solid theological reflection into practice. It reminded me that I have a long way to go and encouraged me to get going. ( )