tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16318288.post113162026795349545..comments2023-06-26T05:32:14.497-05:00Comments on Musings of a Missional Madman: AllegianceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16318288.post-1131800136849225482005-11-12T07:55:00.000-05:002005-11-12T07:55:00.000-05:00I am sure that it will be like a strange world whe...I am sure that it will be like a strange world when you come back to American Christian culture. I find myself becoming more and more uncomfortable with this culture.(We must remember that we are resident aliens.) Although I am critical of the church in America, I criticize out of love and concern. (I still hold hope in my hands.) I want to see Christians change--I want to see myself change. I am looking forward to your return. I believe you will help us see through loving,fresh eyes--eyes that have seen our Faith lived in a new enviornment--eyes that want the Church to be holy, pure, obedient, and passionate for our Lord.Eric M. Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15750705703155782884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16318288.post-1131764431724768302005-11-11T22:00:00.000-05:002005-11-11T22:00:00.000-05:00For such reasons I wonder how my re-integrationg i...For such reasons I wonder how my re-integrationg into American Christian culture will go. I pray that I may never fully re-integrate. Let it never be said of me that I chose my American allegiances over my Christ. How could I be brought to the place I've come and learn so much, only to return home acting and seeing through unchanged eyes. But I also pray for protection from the set of eyes that only sees through lenses of criticism...Lord, help me love. But I write this only at the risk of further being branded a heretic...as was slightly the case during my last fellowship meeting because of my views on the rapture. Ah well. And you're right...glass bottle sodas are the only way...and very soon, I'll be sitting by the beaches of Thailand, raising a cool long neck Pepsi to my lips and looking back on the good times. And when I do...you'll be there brother; count on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com