As I mentioned in the previous post, Shane Claiborne was here a couple of weeks ago speaking. He shared an awesome quote from Rich Mullins that stopped me in my tracks. I found that quote in an interview that Shane did with Relevant magazine a while back and thought it was worth sharing with the rest of you.
A lot of what we believe about money and its hold on our lives comes from the story of the rich young ruler. What are your thoughts on that story?
I think that is one of the stories that we’ve kind of lost. Rich Mullins—I often talk about him when I talk on that parable—showed up in chapel and said, “You guys are all into that born-again thing, and that’s awesome; we’ve got to be born again. You know Jesus said that to Nicodemus. But if you tell me that I got to be born again, I can tell you that you’ve got to sell everything you have and give it to the poor, because Jesus said that to one guy, too.” I love that. And then he said, “But I guess that’s why God invented highlighters, so we can we highlight the verses that we like and ignore the other ones.”
The interview in its entirety can be found here: http://www.relevantmagazine.com/beta/issue_26_claiborne.php
It's well worth the read.
1 comment:
Joyce,
Nice site..well done. While i am an atheist, as you know, I appreciate your ability to relate to people of varied faiths, or no faith, and treat them equally with your fabulous sense of humor and respect.
If there really was a Jesus, my guess is he'd appreciate your brand of Christian tolerance, genuine devotion to his creed, and just plain good sense.
Best regards, and thanks for inviting me to read your fine blog.
Hump
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