Comments on: Questions (that I did not ask) https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2025/02/10/questions-that-i-did-not-ask/ A Global Immersion Site Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:41:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Chris Nafis https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2025/02/10/questions-that-i-did-not-ask/#comment-487 Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:41:31 +0000 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/?p=1912#comment-487 In reply to Colin Pip Dixon.

Appreciate this comment- totally on the same page.

]]> By: Colin Pip Dixon https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2025/02/10/questions-that-i-did-not-ask/#comment-480 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 02:35:40 +0000 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/?p=1912#comment-480 Hi Chris, I am definitely looking for guidance on how to respond and who to listen to in the midst of the onslaught from these past few weeks. Thank you for this question.

I feel like there is a vacuum of real leadership in general right now. In terms of cynicism, I find it difficult to navigate the balance between a healthy dose of critical thinking/questioning and cynicism. I’ve been feeling for years that we are collectively in a crisis of truth… that we need to cultivate a real desire for truth… fall in love with truth again… whether it’s convenient or fits in with our clan or not. It’s as if in the US we’ve been functioning for a while under the moto “as long as you can sell it or get people to believe it, good on you! Doesn’t matter if it’s true.” And so it becomes normal to be wary, distrustful or even cynical. Thank you for these questions!

]]> By: Katy Cuthill https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2025/02/10/questions-that-i-did-not-ask/#comment-476 Sat, 15 Feb 2025 15:14:19 +0000 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/?p=1912#comment-476 Little by little? One day at a time? By actively seeking to do so even in small ways?
I don’t actually have real answers, but I have faith…most days…that if I’m listening well, God will reveal what role I have to play in these bigger narratives. May it be so, and may I not neglect that listening.

]]> By: Kassandra Quick-Vana https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2025/02/10/questions-that-i-did-not-ask/#comment-460 Thu, 13 Feb 2025 04:08:14 +0000 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/?p=1912#comment-460 Chris, I appreciate you naming the cynicism as a factor in this struggle. I have felt myself having to battle so intentionally against being cynical in these past few years as it is not a good look for any follower of Christ. May God grant us the opportunity to connect and collaborate with those leading with integrity and truth!

]]> By: Brigid Smith https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2025/02/10/questions-that-i-did-not-ask/#comment-459 Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:47:16 +0000 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/?p=1912#comment-459 Hi Chris I really appreciate both these questions and ask them, too. I love to imagine us dismantling the northern bias in missions so that we can listen and defer to others who know so much more about living the gospel in complex socio-economic situations. We need their perspective and wisdom.

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