The forest lord of Māori lore visited God in the highest heaven and was gifted three baskets of knowledge: spiritual, historic and experiential. When we encounter others in missions, humility demands we do so with an empty basket ready to learn from them, to add that to our existing baskets of knowledge.
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We’re living in a leader-obsessed era, expecting leaders to be more than they are capable of being. Leadership talent and achievement is well rewarded in industrial contexts, but indigenous expectations of leaders tend to be quite different. From an Indigenous perspective, I consider what it means to be ‘up front’.
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2020 was the year of lockdown, 2021 is the year of death. We who remain in ‘the world of light’ carry a responsibility for the betterment of our societies as we live in pursuit of the concerns of the mission of God. Let us invest ourselves wisely in our remaining days, participating in Christ’s ministry of reconciliation.
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Missions workers need to beware of the temptation to exploit and extract gain from those they are called to serve. While it might feel like missions is an act of generosity and service it can subtly be impositional and extractive. The antidote is to create room for reciprocation, give and take, for mutual benefit.
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Evangelicals are rocked by respected leaders who are outed as abusers. Evil conducted by leaders is not new or unique to Evangelicals, but common responses of comparison, condemnation, or tighter legislation are not helping matters. An alternative response rarely talked about is to deepen community.
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