tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041731173272503898.post3484110610032933986..comments2023-04-14T05:49:50.333-06:00Comments on Thirst: Roof Tile SyndromeKeith Shieldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09162686388135537072noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041731173272503898.post-60810970550428952242009-06-07T15:50:23.911-06:002009-06-07T15:50:23.911-06:00A week go this past Friday I had the chance to spe...A week go this past Friday I had the chance to speak to a group of youth groups at the Bonavita Baptist church here in Calgary. My friend Aaron asked if I would incorporate some of my own story as to the events which left me in a wheelchair. I thought it most appropriate to interlace it with the story of the healing Jesus brought to the paralytic.<br /><br />Anyways, I found myself reflecting on that evening while reading your latest post Keith. Particularly on the points I brought to them regarding the “radical hospitality” of the paralytic’s friends. They were so driven to bring their friend to the feet of Jesus that they were willing to rip the person’s house apart to do it! They ripped the tiles clean off their neighbor’s roof!<br /><br />I too wonder… how far are we willing to go to let the “outlander” come to the feet of Jesus? Are we willing to make the radical changes which are needed so that people of disability, different beliefs, mental and psychological need, and maybe even social or dare I say it sexual orientation might find a place in our individual communities so that they to might encounter a risen Jesus which brings transformation, liberation, and reconstitution?<br /><br />I think I’ll join you today and peel a few tiles off my roof too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com