tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905342.post6069580602795270100..comments2023-09-25T03:59:29.942-05:00Comments on barefoot bohemian: ~ charming & offensive ~Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11775023211592319658noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905342.post-75076249950238769792009-03-02T12:08:00.000-06:002009-03-02T12:08:00.000-06:00I wish I had been exposed to Rich Mullins immediat...I wish I had been exposed to Rich Mullins immediately upon becoming a Christian at age 16. I remember him dying probably months after and not knowing who this person was that everyone was grieving. <BR/><BR/>What's ironic is that they didn't understand the subversive message of the very man they were grieving. Kind of like Jesus, I guess.Ramónhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246593554520870227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905342.post-69435144522683340302009-03-02T11:36:00.000-06:002009-03-02T11:36:00.000-06:00I think that has to be quite possibly the best Chr...I think that has to be quite possibly the best Christmas gift ever created. Love the quote!<BR/><BR/>p.s. you, my dear, are the awesome one.Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11775023211592319658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905342.post-85501648024700074372009-03-02T11:10:00.000-06:002009-03-02T11:10:00.000-06:00Kim, by the way, you're awesome. Rich, he saw thro...Kim, by the way, you're awesome. <BR/><BR/>Rich, he saw through all the bullshit didn't he? "Cultural disabilities" -- love it. Worshiping pleasure, leisure and riches -- yep, that's us.<BR/><BR/>John and I "made" each other presents for X-mas, and I printed out this quote by Rich and framed it for him. He hung it up in his office at the church.<BR/><BR/>"Jesus said whatever you do to the least of these my brothers you’ve done it to me. And this is what I’ve come to think. That if I want to identify fully with Jesus Christ, who I claim to be my savior and Lord, the best way that I can do that is to identify with the poor. This I know will go against the teachings of all the popular evangelical preachers. But they’re just wrong. They’re not bad, they’re just wrong. Christianity is not about building an absolutely secure little niche in the world where you can live with your perfect little wife and your perfect little children in a beautiful little house where you have no gays or minority groups anywhere near you. Christianity is about learning to love like Jesus loved and Jesus loved the poor and Jesus loved the broken."Janna Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560224767764101415noreply@blogger.com