So, I'm working on assignment #2 which is to read "Doing God's Business" by R. Paul Stevens and an article called "Marketplace Ministry" and then contrast and respond to the different definitions of work and marketplace ministry among other things.
What I've found interesting is the emphasis on the importance of practicing spiritual disciplines in the effort to "go deep" in all areas of our lives. This is something that has come up REPEATEDLY in the last few years in many different ways so much so that it is hard not to take it personally:) I really wasn't expecting to stumble across this again in this course. I must be totally clueless. But what all of this makes me wonder is why isn't this something that I've learned over the course of my Christian life? Perhaps I wasn't listening. I really don't know. In any case, one of the things that I'm supposed to be thinking about in relation to this course is what is the role of the church in facilitating "marketplace ministry". This is the line of thinking that I'm going to pursue.
Here's an interesting quote for you:
"For Christians the need of the world is not the call of God. The call comes from God and we will need to withdraw frequently and regularly from compulsive need-meeting in order to hear the voice of God" (Stevens 136).
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