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Are you happy to suffer for others?
When it comes to thinking of others, we might do well. But to suffer for others? And be happy about it? What planet are you from? Now I’m happy to be suffering for you. I’m completing what is missing from Christ’s sufferings with my own body. I’m doing this for the sake of his body, which is the church. (Col. 1:24) We can relegate…
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Living Dead Never Ends
I have made my way through the Live Dead Journal and know it’s not the end. My heart is challenged. All the way through I have been challenged with, “How do I live dead in the land of plenty?” How can I stretch myself is this place of comfort so that those who are called to these hard areas of the world…
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Living Dead in the Midst of Plenty
As I work my way through the Live Dead journal I am constantly challenged with the thought, “How can I possibly live dead in the midst of doing well?” I am not going to Africa. I’d like to go teach and preach in Africa or other places in the world, but I am a pastor and a teacher. I live in…
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Living Dead to the Opinions of Others
This story comes from The Sayings of the Desert Fathers. A brother came to see Abba Macarius the Egyptian and said, “Abba, give me a word that I may be saved.” (All we want is a word sometimes. We’re not into actually acting out. Just give me a pill.) The abba said to go to the tombs and abuse the…
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Three Martyrdoms — White
Dick Brodgen in The Live Dead Journal talks about three martyrdoms: red, green, and white. In the Green Martyrdom the Irish would build communities and invite people in. They would invite people to belong before the invitation to believe. Even though the Green Martyrdom is hard because it is giving up one’s will for another person, what did happen was communities…
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Three Martyrdoms — Green
In the Live Dead Journal Dick Brogden discusses three types of martyrdoms. The green martyrdom comes from the stories of the Irish. The Irish established missional monasteries. These monasteries weren’t to get away from the world but to invite the world in. Their monasteries would be built in a compound style. They planted flowers and gardens, built roads and bridges, brewed ale,…
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Three Martyrdoms — Red
Dick Brogden may not be a name you know. He doesn’t care. What he cares about is proclaiming Christ to the nations, especially the peoples who have yet to hear. I’ve been going through a journal he edited called The Live Dead Journal. Halfway through, Dick talks about three martyrdoms. The Red Martyrdom is giving your life for Christ physically.…
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What Do You Expect?
I am working my way through a book/journal called The Live/Dead Journal. It is a compilation of reflections for 30 days from missionaries in some of the toughest places on the planet. Modern day apostles. The reflection I read today began with the tough passage from Luke 17:7-10 7 “Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the…
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