a.k.a "Lost"

Chapter 5- This chapter is all about just being able to talk to people, not about major topics or trying to convert someone, but really just small talk. It is something that everyone can do and that it is something we do naturally and on a daily basis. The thing is we just do not think that it is really worth anything, but more just something of life, but not part of our life for God. I really like how Jim is really stressing that small talk is something that can mean so much to someone, that giving them your time and by the motives you really have are great. I also thought the part where you invite “missing people” to something that Christians are helping others with is a great thing. I had never thought of that, all the time you think about going and doing things just with the church body, but to invite them makes so much sense, this really stood out to me.

Chapter 6- This was all about listening, and asking questions. That one way that we can really have others respect us is to just be able to listen to what they have to say. That after asking a question to wait for a few seconds and let the person have a time to think and respond. Also that asking questions is a great way to have a conversation with someone, and not in a rude tone, but just generally asking about how they are and things of that nature, and being able to really listen to what they have to say.

Chapter 7- This chapter was all about being able to do what is doable. This at first kind of sounds confusing but in the end it makes a lot of sense. This is that we need to make goals that we know we will be able to keep and not try to make a huge deal out of not doing something grand. He talks about a nurse that just plants a seed in someone who she had helped while a man was in the hospital, and that she prayed for him behind his back. I really liked how that all she did was pray and was there for him, and that later in life something grew out of the seed she planted. I guess it almost takes a lot of stress off of us when we know that all we can do is be ourselves and just do what God wants us to do, and the Big Man will take it from there for us.

Chapter 8- Lastly this chapter was mainly about how we need to take religion and almost give it a face lift. To show those around and to ourselves that the view of Christians needs to change, and that we are not the stereotypical Christian that we are made out to be. And that Jesus was not in this world to combat others about who He was and all, but really to show love to others. Jim has a line that really I loved, “Who has the greatest influence with this gay student—those wanting to correct or those trying to connect?” This is something that really needs to be a main topic in the life of a Christian as I see it in our society today.