Andy Crouch 12min 50secs Authority - is the capacity for meaningful action Vulnerability - is exposure to meaningful risk (when something you care about is at stake / could be lost) We often think they are opposites / but they are not We have been created to have more authority and vulnerability than any other creature There is a paradox that they go together at the moment of greatest flourishing in our lives A + V = Flourishing 1) High authority / High vulnerability - is flourishing -the path of a healthy, maturing life is from safety to flourishing -low authority / Low vulnerability - is safety (like a child) -the goal is to take more risk / more authority in the world 2) Low authority / High vulnerability - is suffering -vulnerability without authority - like we experienced in Covid -you're vulnerable, but no capacity to act -many people around the world only know this reality -we then often dream of the other quadrant - to have con...
Jesaja 35,1 "The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus ..." "Die Wüste und Einöde wird sich freuen, und die Steppe wird frohlocken und blühen wie ein Narzissenfeld." Dieser blog soll der Missionsarbeit in den unerreichten Gebieten gewidmet sein! Es ist praktisch eine "Narzisse in der Wüste", wo man sich über jede Vegetation wundert. Gott kann Wachstum bewirken, auch in Ländern, die wie Wüste sind.