Go to the people.
Live among them.
Learn from them.
Love them.
Start with what they know.
Build on what they have.
from an ancient Chinese poem, as quoted in this book.
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7 comments:
what a great quote.
thanks.
a good nugget indeed!
Phil, this is completely unrelated to your post, but I thought you may like it.
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I like this proverb but I wonder:
who are "the people"?
no clue who "the people" were in the original context. in the context of missional ecclesiology- it's a radically different approach to the standard mode of imposing a theological system upon a people with little regard for them or their culture. that's how the author of the text is using the quote- in a missional sense.
how did you hear it?
i like this. it's so relationship and has a gentleness about it.
hey josh, traspassers, peeping toms and voyeurs alike are welcome... as long as they move towards offering the gift of their presence... eventually.
i like you too.
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