Comments on: Book Giveaway – Do You Walk the Fine Line? http://flowerdust.net/2009/04/23/book-giveaway-do-you-walk-the-fine-line/ Author, Blogger, Speaker, Bad Driver Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:10:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: knotter http://flowerdust.net/2009/04/23/book-giveaway-do-you-walk-the-fine-line/#comment-228673 knotter Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:08:57 +0000 http://www.flowerdust.net/?p=2345#comment-228673 conformist and not proud of it. conformist and not proud of it.

]]> By: Sara Ross http://flowerdust.net/2009/04/23/book-giveaway-do-you-walk-the-fine-line/#comment-228668 Sara Ross Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:01:26 +0000 http://www.flowerdust.net/?p=2345#comment-228668 My friend Dianne likes to say, "If you want to make the 'Most High your dwelling place' you have to make radical choices with how you spend your time." (Psalm 91:9) From October - February I had a culture fast. This is the time in my life that I have been closest to God. I stopped watching TV, reading stories about celebrities/politics and fashion trends. Instead I listened/read the Bible and read blogs that were inspiring. I also listened to music with scripture as the lyrics. This verse was my filter "Whatever is true, whatever is noble...whatever is pure, whatever is lovely...think about such things." (Philippians 4:8) I am still doing these things except I discovered facebook and started watching American Idol in February. So in this way, I am a separartist. With relationships though, I try to be a transformist. Several years ago, (when I lived in Nashville) I realized that all of my friends were rich white Christians. I was the poorest person that I knew. Since then I have intentionally tried to have friends who are not like me. God has answered my prayer for diversity by sending me friends of different races, different religions and different economic statuses. <abbr><em>Sara Ross’s last blog post..<a href="http://spacious4him.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/delight/" rel="nofollow">delight</a></abbr></em> My friend Dianne likes to say, “If you want to make the ‘Most High your dwelling place’ you have to make radical choices with how you spend your time.” (Psalm 91:9) From October – February I had a culture fast. This is the time in my life that I have been closest to God. I stopped watching TV, reading stories about celebrities/politics and fashion trends. Instead I listened/read the Bible and read blogs that were inspiring. I also listened to music with scripture as the lyrics. This verse was my filter “Whatever is true, whatever is noble…whatever is pure, whatever is lovely…think about such things.” (Philippians 4:8) I am still doing these things except I discovered facebook and started watching American Idol in February. So in this way, I am a separartist.

With relationships though, I try to be a transformist. Several years ago, (when I lived in Nashville) I realized that all of my friends were rich white Christians. I was the poorest person that I knew. Since then I have intentionally tried to have friends who are not like me. God has answered my prayer for diversity by sending me friends of different races, different religions and different economic statuses.

Sara Ross’s last blog post..delight

]]> By: Ryan http://flowerdust.net/2009/04/23/book-giveaway-do-you-walk-the-fine-line/#comment-228541 Ryan Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:36:55 +0000 http://www.flowerdust.net/?p=2345#comment-228541 This book sounds awesome! I need as much help as I can get in reaching our culture with Christianity's Truth. At first I though I was all three of the categories, but then I read the description of the Separatists and realized that I was merely thinking of my introverted personality. So I have concluded that I am definitely a Tranformationalist who tends to the Conformist side. It's difficult in the Army culture to not get caught up in how others talk and what they talk about, especially as a chaplain trying to reach them for Christ. It's also easy to revert back to being of the culture when that is where I came from, and thus is always a very tough struggle that I hate to win only by being a separatist who avoids the temptations. <abbr><em>Ryan’s last blog post..<a href="http://ryanmckinnon.blogspot.com/2009/04/airborne-day-9.html" rel="nofollow">Airborne Day 9</a></abbr></em> This book sounds awesome! I need as much help as I can get in reaching our culture with Christianity’s Truth.

At first I though I was all three of the categories, but then I read the description of the Separatists and realized that I was merely thinking of my introverted personality. So I have concluded that I am definitely a Tranformationalist who tends to the Conformist side. It’s difficult in the Army culture to not get caught up in how others talk and what they talk about, especially as a chaplain trying to reach them for Christ. It’s also easy to revert back to being of the culture when that is where I came from, and thus is always a very tough struggle that I hate to win only by being a separatist who avoids the temptations.

Ryan’s last blog post..Airborne Day 9

]]> By: kathryn http://flowerdust.net/2009/04/23/book-giveaway-do-you-walk-the-fine-line/#comment-228530 kathryn Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:07:17 +0000 http://www.flowerdust.net/?p=2345#comment-228530 conformist that admires the transformists <abbr><em>kathryn’s last blog post..<a href="http://jermandkate.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/eternal-security/" rel="nofollow">Eternal Security</a></abbr></em> conformist that admires the transformists

kathryn’s last blog post..Eternal Security

]]> By: amy http://flowerdust.net/2009/04/23/book-giveaway-do-you-walk-the-fine-line/#comment-228484 amy Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:44:22 +0000 http://www.flowerdust.net/?p=2345#comment-228484 honestly-conformist now. though i've been all three at some point in my life. honestly-conformist now. though i’ve been all three at some point in my life.

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