Comments on: red and yellow black and white, we are precious in his sight http://kathyescobar.com/2009/04/02/red-and-yellow-black-and-white-we-are-precious-in-his-sight/ sometimes it's fun, sometimes it just makes me dizzy... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:37:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: sara http://kathyescobar.com/2009/04/02/red-and-yellow-black-and-white-we-are-precious-in-his-sight/#comment-2300 sara Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:30:56 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=1741#comment-2300 this reminds me of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA_Rb10IJHc" rel="nofollow">this song</a>. Great remix. :) How different would the church be if we took the time to remember that each of us is made in the image of God? this reminds me of this song. Great remix. :) How different would the church be if we took the time to remember that each of us is made in the image of God?

]]> By: kathyescobar http://kathyescobar.com/2009/04/02/red-and-yellow-black-and-white-we-are-precious-in-his-sight/#comment-2244 kathyescobar Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:01:38 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=1741#comment-2244 mike - yeah, it is all so challenging. i think that it will be a lifelong journey, actually, always shifting, learning, letting go, healing, changing. i am glad we're on the road together, my friend. i agree, i love that song, it really makes me smile. mark - yes, we need new framing stories that is for sure, a kingdom one, yeah! christine - thanks for the beautiful lenten guide. i have really enjoyed it and next lent we hope to incorporate some of these into our wider community. jeff - oh so well said. your thoughts are so beautiful and mystical i think is the right word because it is something sometimes that words can't even express, the beauty and strength that comes from diversity across all kinds of things. i love what you said here: "it’s like the spiritual gene pool gets shallow, and we get anemic and sick. It is when we celebrate our diversity (NOT ignore it or shun it) that life gets healthier, and we benefit from a wider palate of the gifts of God." yeah. gazelle - thanks for sharing. the practical is the hardest part, i agree. i wonder if it's some kind of spiritual discipline to try and experiment with, stepping into different conversations, cultures, and engaging in ways that might feel really foreign at first and just notice what God might be stirring up, saying through it? i have a few times gone into a few situations going "i'm just going to step in out of my comfort zone, and see what i can learn..." i'd love to hear any ideas that come to mind for you. mike – yeah, it is all so challenging. i think that it will be a lifelong journey, actually, always shifting, learning, letting go, healing, changing. i am glad we’re on the road together, my friend. i agree, i love that song, it really makes me smile.

mark – yes, we need new framing stories that is for sure, a kingdom one, yeah!

christine – thanks for the beautiful lenten guide. i have really enjoyed it and next lent we hope to incorporate some of these into our wider community.

jeff – oh so well said. your thoughts are so beautiful and mystical i think is the right word because it is something sometimes that words can’t even express, the beauty and strength that comes from diversity across all kinds of things. i love what you said here: “it’s like the spiritual gene pool gets shallow, and we get anemic and sick. It is when we celebrate our diversity (NOT ignore it or shun it) that life gets healthier, and we benefit from a wider palate of the gifts of God.” yeah.

gazelle – thanks for sharing. the practical is the hardest part, i agree. i wonder if it’s some kind of spiritual discipline to try and experiment with, stepping into different conversations, cultures, and engaging in ways that might feel really foreign at first and just notice what God might be stirring up, saying through it? i have a few times gone into a few situations going “i’m just going to step in out of my comfort zone, and see what i can learn…” i’d love to hear any ideas that come to mind for you.

]]> By: gazelle http://kathyescobar.com/2009/04/02/red-and-yellow-black-and-white-we-are-precious-in-his-sight/#comment-2241 gazelle Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:50:36 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=1741#comment-2241 "we desperately need each other. we must continue to reach across the aisles & streets & communities & churches & dining room tables and embrace each other’s story and learn to understand each other in ways that will likely challenge us, change us, surprise us." Oh, I so agree with you but I get lost trying to figure out the practical steps I can take to live this out... great post Kathy! “we desperately need each other. we must continue to reach across the aisles & streets & communities & churches & dining room tables and embrace each other’s story and learn to understand each other in ways that will likely challenge us, change us, surprise us.”

Oh, I so agree with you but I get lost trying to figure out the practical steps I can take to live this out…

great post Kathy!

]]> By: JeffMcQ http://kathyescobar.com/2009/04/02/red-and-yellow-black-and-white-we-are-precious-in-his-sight/#comment-2240 JeffMcQ Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:53:41 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=1741#comment-2240 One idea that I heard years ago that has stuck with me ever since is that God has gifted groups as well as individuals, including ethnic groups and races (and even cities!), and that each of these gifts contain a part of His nature. His intent in all this diversity is to demonstrate HIS great diversity; but we cannot see it when we only gravitate to those who are like us. Instead, when that happens, it's like the spiritual gene pool gets shallow, and we get anemic and sick. It is when we celebrate our diversity (NOT ignore it or shun it) that life gets healthier, and we benefit from a wider palate of the gifts of God. Might sound a little mystical...but I've kind of thought that way ever since hearing it that way. In fact, this principle seems to go all the way back to the beginning, when He created woman from man (both being in the image of God). His intent in separating them was for them to become one again. And that pattern seems to be reflected constantly, even in the Body-of-Christ metaphor of the church. He separates us out with distinct gifts, with the intent that we come together. We need each other, because it is together, not separate, that we get the complete picture. One idea that I heard years ago that has stuck with me ever since is that God has gifted groups as well as individuals, including ethnic groups and races (and even cities!), and that each of these gifts contain a part of His nature. His intent in all this diversity is to demonstrate HIS great diversity; but we cannot see it when we only gravitate to those who are like us. Instead, when that happens, it’s like the spiritual gene pool gets shallow, and we get anemic and sick. It is when we celebrate our diversity (NOT ignore it or shun it) that life gets healthier, and we benefit from a wider palate of the gifts of God.

Might sound a little mystical…but I’ve kind of thought that way ever since hearing it that way. In fact, this principle seems to go all the way back to the beginning, when He created woman from man (both being in the image of God). His intent in separating them was for them to become one again. And that pattern seems to be reflected constantly, even in the Body-of-Christ metaphor of the church. He separates us out with distinct gifts, with the intent that we come together. We need each other, because it is together, not separate, that we get the complete picture.

]]> By: Last Reflections on Lent « Godspace http://kathyescobar.com/2009/04/02/red-and-yellow-black-and-white-we-are-precious-in-his-sight/#comment-2237 Last Reflections on Lent « Godspace Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:19:58 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=1741#comment-2237 [...] Kathy Escobar: Red and yellow black and white we are precious in his sight [...] [...] Kathy Escobar: Red and yellow black and white we are precious in his sight [...]

]]> By: Mark R http://kathyescobar.com/2009/04/02/red-and-yellow-black-and-white-we-are-precious-in-his-sight/#comment-2236 Mark R Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:39:58 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=1741#comment-2236 Good quote - the problem is the dominant framing story in which we live ... feed the machine!!! Spend, spend, spend we are told ... The framing story needs to be replaced with the Kingdom message ... that would be pretty prophetic I think. Good quote – the problem is the dominant framing story in which we live … feed the machine!!! Spend, spend, spend we are told …

The framing story needs to be replaced with the Kingdom message … that would be pretty prophetic I think.

]]> By: mike http://kathyescobar.com/2009/04/02/red-and-yellow-black-and-white-we-are-precious-in-his-sight/#comment-2235 mike Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:19:52 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=1741#comment-2235 there is certainly a lot for me to ponder. i used to think i was not prejudiced, because i didn't hate people of different races. but there are those other prejudices. the more subtle or even politically correct ones. those ingrained from who knows where. in the last season i have be able to uncover some and deal with them. but i fear there are more lurking deeper down in my soul that need to be dealt with. and new ones seem to take the place of the old ones. lol. i'm afraid this might be a life long process. i love sams remix of jesus loves the little children. it should be taught in all churches. there is certainly a lot for me to ponder. i used to think i was not prejudiced, because i didn’t hate people of different races. but there are those other prejudices. the more subtle or even politically correct ones. those ingrained from who knows where. in the last season i have be able to uncover some and deal with them. but i fear there are more lurking deeper down in my soul that need to be dealt with. and new ones seem to take the place of the old ones. lol. i’m afraid this might be a life long process. i love sams remix of jesus loves the little children. it should be taught in all churches.

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