If You Don’t Have It, Borrow It
Posted by Troy | Filed under Faith
Illustration by Troy DeShano
I was listening to Rob Bell speak today and I heard him say “If you don’t have it, borrow it from someone who does.”
So what are you lacking today?
hope? peace? guts? positivity? gumption? ideas? energy? vision? will power? patience? gratitude? perspective? compassion?
or maybe you just need a hand…
Find someone who’s got it and borrow.
Even if it is just standing next to her for a few minutes… you should be able to borrow enough in that time to get you through the day, and eventually you’ll get a great chance to loan some of whatever it is that you do have to someone else who needs it.
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I Love Rob Bell
Posted by Troy | Filed under Faith
I love Rob Bell.
Velvet Elvis is definitely one of the most important books I’ve ever read.
I could have read Blue Like Jazz first, but I didn’t.
You see, I’d emerged from a culture that valued piety over honesty (of course no one was honest enough to ever say so)…
and to read a book that was so honest written by a pastor? well…
It really changed me and the way I view myself, God, the church, and the world.
Honestly though, I was writing in fragments before he made it popular.
Way before.
Anyway…
I enjoyed an interview with Rob over at Burnside Writers.
a few of my favorite excerpts:
On concise writing:
The first century rabbis were not praised for going on and on and on and on. Great rhetoric has never been about how many words one can fill the air with, it’s always been about how clean and uncluttered and lean an idea can be articulated.
On unity and cooperation:
The center of Jesus’ teaching is “Love your enemies.” Making enemies isn’t interesting. Fear isn’t interesting.
Fear is great for fund-raising. It’s great to raise money on talk radio that way. Create an enemy and you’re set. But we’d prefer to have a meal with the enemies. That’s more interesting.
