From: Karen
Date: Fri Sep  1 08:22:47 MST 2006
Subject: Ministry

Responses eric: tim keller (9/1/06) Responses (sorted by date) eric: tim keller (9/1/06) I'll throw my $.02 in, yes, it's about ministry, but only if you define it in the broadest sense possible. NOT in the narrow, American evangelical Christian culture, full time paid minister sense. SOMEONE has to plant and pick the plants that we eat...someone has to research on, then manufacture the drugs that help to heal our 1-yr-old infants when they get staph infections. When you're pulling weeds, I don't think it's a stretch to say that you're ministering to the other plants that would be otherwise choked out. (Stewardship of the earth is a form of love/ministry.) And you're ministering to the neighbors who love the beauty of a weed-free yard. Of course, in my case, I usually like the look of the weeds. Like the "weeds" in the Unwin front yard. And I love, love dandelions, wherever they grow. But not the weeds with the goat-heads! Ouch. Anyway, I think it's all about the heart. The spiritual intention. Not what you do so much as how you do it. 1 Cor 10:31: "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God."

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From: eric
Date: Fri Sep  1 09:03:04 MST 2006
Subject: tim keller