http://doableevangelism.com/2007/04/01/e-zine-featured-article-traffic-school/ What if evangelism meant just being yourself? Tue, 15 May 2012 01:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://doableevangelism.com/2007/04/01/e-zine-featured-article-traffic-school/comment-page-1/#comment-8147 Helen Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:29:01 +0000 http://doableevangelism.com/2007/04/01/e-zine-featured-article-traffic-school/#comment-8147 Benjamin, I know I respond out of fear sometimes too - not just to strangers; probably more often to people I know. Benjamin, I know I respond out of fear sometimes too – not just to strangers; probably more often to people I know.

]]> http://doableevangelism.com/2007/04/01/e-zine-featured-article-traffic-school/comment-page-1/#comment-8148 benjamin ady Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:54:06 +0000 http://doableevangelism.com/2007/04/01/e-zine-featured-article-traffic-school/#comment-8148 it sounds like essentially the pastor was primarily responding to you out of fear. That hits home for me, because in many cases it is one of my primary motivators in interacting with strangers. I love your use of the word 'intentional'. I want to be more intentional--to interact with people intentionally--with the intention of ... learning about them, being drawn into their story, allowing myself to be a magic mirror to them, and vice versa--To listen well, ... with, perhaps, the terrifying hope, following, of being listened to as well. it sounds like essentially the pastor was primarily responding to you out of fear. That hits home for me, because in many cases it is one of my primary motivators in interacting with strangers. I love your use of the word ‘intentional’. I want to be more intentional–to interact with people intentionally–with the intention of … learning about them, being drawn into their story, allowing myself to be a magic mirror to them, and vice versa–To listen well, … with, perhaps, the terrifying hope, following, of being listened to as well.

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