“Crossing Cultures” (Cross-cultural Evangelism series = Ap-Min?)
So – once you're “in”, what does one do?
That's now the part that's come in view,
Ap-ministry's okay I guess,
But what about the step that's next?For if one can't progress inland
After the troops on D-Day land,
It's not much good to man nor beast
To bide on shoreline, progress ceased.So how do I progress inland?
That is what I don't understand;
It takes me back to grade-six days
With op to make some better plays.Ah! Outside persons – there's the rub –
“Say this, not that, for folks will snub
You, then you'll problem have indeed
So best let actions speak for thee”.And that's advice I gained back then;
And that's one part I comprehend –
For mother made that clear to me –
“Stu, cool it – it's our family.”Well, that's all gone now, where's my clan?
Now on this island with its sand
And surf, midst hurricanes and storms,
With climate change of which we're warned.“Cling to the culture of your wife”,
Is part I heard through southern strife
“The same, yet different, I now see
Same message there, to counsel me.“But Stu, that's Redvers – enter in
Your new-found ways, your task begin;
From beachhead inland move with grace,
Once boundaries there are firmly placed.”Okay Holy Spirit thanks for that.
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