http://doableevangelism.com/2008/05/22/mike-os-oa/ What if evangelism meant just being yourself? Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:44:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://doableevangelism.com/2008/05/22/mike-os-oa/comment-page-1/#comment-17308 Randy Fri, 23 May 2008 16:46:48 +0000 http://doableevangelism.com/?p=825#comment-17308 Totally. Getting someone's name gives them an identity. We can't really pass Carl by without acknowledging him now that we know his name. He's no longer just a thing in our view...he's Carl. That's really powerful. Totally. Getting someone’s name gives them an identity. We can’t really pass Carl by without acknowledging him now that we know his name. He’s no longer just a thing in our view…he’s Carl. That’s really powerful.

]]> http://doableevangelism.com/2008/05/22/mike-os-oa/comment-page-1/#comment-17307 Jason Horton Fri, 23 May 2008 11:30:58 +0000 http://doableevangelism.com/?p=825#comment-17307 I commented on Mike's original post that I thought that the best part of the exchange was the humanizing element of asking and receiving Carl's name. By this simply gesture he is transformed from "beggar" to "person" and we are better able to relate to him. When we relate to our fellow human being, when we have empathy, compassion is sure to follow. We cannot tolerate harm to ourselves and cannot ignore harm in those we empathise with. I commented on Mike’s original post that I thought that the best part of the exchange was the humanizing element of asking and receiving Carl’s name. By this simply gesture he is transformed from “beggar” to “person” and we are better able to relate to him. When we relate to our fellow human being, when we have empathy, compassion is sure to follow. We cannot tolerate harm to ourselves and cannot ignore harm in those we empathise with.

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