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Mexico - Grace Chiang (6/25/11)

This photo is of some of the Spearhead leaders putting on a Jesus-centered clown show at a park in Mexico City. Clown shows are a popular form of street entertainment here and a very good way to get kids involved. It’s pretty cool seeing how Spearhead has found different ways of putting “the light” in a place where this culture can see it. (This really cleared up the confusing request on our packing list that said “clown stuff.”) I’ve been reading “Speaking of Jesus” by Carl Medearis and it’s really speaking volumes to me right now as I’m also sumultaneously reading through the gospel message of Mark. Both are completely radical ways of thinking of Jesus, different from Western Christianity. Both have an extreme emphasis to not worry about theology or doctrines or anything else created by man to make sense of our FAITH, but to just follow Jesus because there is just no other way to get to God. Both speak of simply pointing to Jesus and not worrying about results because our job is simply to worship him and talk about “the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6).” This is definitely radical from the Western thought of Christianity because as C. Medearis puts it, Christianity is different from Jesus and when we try to convert someone to Christianity, we end up having to defend all the crap that comes with it. What is there to defend about Jesus? Nothing. He speaks for himself and has from the beginning. No documentation of the life of Jesus has he ever had to explain himself and why it would be beneficial to follow him. It’s either FOLLOW ME and be saved. Or don’t. All I have to do is point to Jesus and the rest is not for me to worry about. This is the courage and strength and hope that I was really seeking from my last post. Thanks for continued prayers, and keep ‘em coming! Mas! Mas! Prayer request specifically now for believing and living out 100% of what I just preached >.< P.S. If interested, here’s a short video clip of the clown show! http://qik.com/m/video/9b24be7f0a0b47da82ccdcbf7483b09a

This photo is of some of the Spearhead leaders putting on a Jesus-centered clown show at a park in Mexico City. Clown shows are a popular form of street entertainment here and a very good way to get kids involved. It’s pretty cool seeing how Spearhead has found different ways of putting “the light” in a place where this culture can see it. (This really cleared up the confusing request on our packing list that said “clown stuff.”)

I’ve been reading “Speaking of Jesus” by Carl Medearis and it’s really speaking volumes to me right now as I’m also sumultaneously reading through the gospel message of Mark. Both are completely radical ways of thinking of Jesus, different from Western Christianity. Both have an extreme emphasis to not worry about theology or doctrines or anything else created by man to make sense of our FAITH, but to just follow Jesus because there is just no other way to get to God. Both speak of simply pointing to Jesus and not worrying about results because our job is simply to worship him and talk about “the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6).”

This is definitely radical from the Western thought of Christianity because as C. Medearis puts it, Christianity is different from Jesus and when we try to convert someone to Christianity, we end up having to defend all the crap that comes with it.

What is there to defend about Jesus? Nothing. He speaks for himself and has from the beginning. No documentation of the life of Jesus has he ever had to explain himself and why it would be beneficial to follow him. It’s either FOLLOW ME and be saved. Or don’t.

All I have to do is point to Jesus and the rest is not for me to worry about. This is the courage and strength and hope that I was really seeking from my last post. Thanks for continued prayers, and keep ‘em coming! Mas! Mas!

Prayer request specifically now for believing and living out 100% of what I just preached >.<

P.S. If interested, here’s a short video clip of the clown show!http://qik.com/m/video/9b24be7f0a0b47da82ccdcbf7483b09a