Incarnating the Gospel – The Importance of Friendship
Here is a great blog from Matt Daniels (also posted on Christian Associates' site}. Matt, and his wonderful wife Toni, are two of CA's missionaries in Uruguay. He leads an amazing project called El Living. He pretty much captures the essence of what we are talking about when we use the terms "incarnational ministry."
All the
categories have changed for me in 12 years of being a missionary. "Mission
agency." "Sending country." "Host culture." "The nationals"… Honestly sometimes I think that last one comes out just as
pedantic as "the natives," only it sounds much more educated among
missiological circles. But perhaps years of plowing dry, crusted soil under the
hot sun have fried my brains. I don't seem to know many nationals, but over
time, I have made some friends. They seem to be people that get what I am about, and who
bring me a glass of water when I fall in a heap.