The common sentiment around these parts is disbelief. We can’t believe the summer has flown by so quickly, we can’t believe the internship is over, we can’t believe we are going to go back to “normal” life. Although I feel like I have been debriefing quite often, I know I will be processing this experience for years. It would take me another two months to tell you all I have learned this summer. Therefore, I will treat this internship like a weekly newspaper and leave my loyal readers with the headlines from the summer:
Its all about the relationship
Live outside the comfort zone-that is where I grow
Faith lived, not faith preached
Selfishness: how it holds me back and what it looks like to give it up
Accountability without relationship is nothing
God’s heart for social justice. The Church has a place IN society not apart from it.
Parallel Parking 101
What the Church is, should be, and how I can help change it: Institution v. community
The individualism of our culture and how that is manifested in the city
The value of human life comes from God only
Discipleship: Follow me as I follow Christ
Be ye doers of the word, not hearers only
Three C’s- Community, Communication, Clarity
God doesn’t need me, but he wants me
Good works and Christ-like living are a byproduct of a genuine relationship with God, not a way to God or Heaven
Real life Christianity- out of the classroom where the rubber meets the road
Plant seeds, grow trees
Even more than I am pursuing Him, He is pursuing me
Christianity: behavior modification versus truly knowing God
LOVE
God is the end, not the means
