{"id":64,"date":"2008-06-20T19:22:01","date_gmt":"2008-06-21T02:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/20\/the-g42-tribe-a-look-in-the-mirror\/"},"modified":"2008-06-20T22:19:16","modified_gmt":"2008-06-21T05:19:16","slug":"the-g42-tribe-a-look-in-the-mirror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/the-g42-tribe-a-look-in-the-mirror\/","title":{"rendered":"The G42 tribe &#8211; a look in the mirror"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friends &amp; family-<\/p>\n<p>I will be showcasing some G42 blogs over the next few days, and this one is a great one to start with.\u00a0 I am hitting the ground running here, and beginning to look at visa requirements for Spain (They&#8217;re pretty extreme!).\u00a0 Anyway, check out this blog by Seth Barnes (full blog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sethbarnes.com\/?filename=the-g42-tribe-a-look-in-the-mirror\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"ArticleBody\"><strong><em>The G42 Tribe \u2013 A look in the mirror<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ArticleBody\">Like metal filings to a magnet, a tribe is gathering. It looks a bit rag tag and broken, but in our spirits, we&#8217;ve seen a better day and are moving toward it and each other. Metaphorically, we&#8217;re like the children of Israel moving out of the wilderness of our own isolation. If we look a little different, it&#8217;s because there are a few things that set us apart. Here they are:<strong> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ArticleBody\"><\/span><span class=\"ArticleBody\"><strong>BELIEVERS AND OPTIMISTS<\/strong><br \/>\nYes, the world is a mess, but we serve the Lord of all glory and our best days lie ahead. We may not have crossed over the Jordan yet, but we&#8217;ve got our toes in the water and have our eyes on the Promised Land.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ArticleBody\"><\/span><span class=\"ArticleBody\"><strong>TROUBLED SEEKERS<\/strong><br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve looked inside ourselves and know that we&#8217;re a mess. It may not be pretty, but we&#8217;re going to press into the pain, confront those hard things that have left us broken, and move toward wholeness. Ken and Barbie don&#8217;t exist in our tribe.<\/span><span class=\"ArticleBody\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ArticleBody\"><\/span><span class=\"ArticleBody\"><strong>GRACE GIVERS<br \/>\n<\/strong>Having stared into the abyss of our mess, we would suffocate without the freedom to coexist without judging or being judged. None of us has a leg up on any others. We&#8217;re at peace within ourselves and with each other because we&#8217;ve taken the inside look, we know that our brokenness is normal &#8211; part of being human.<\/span><span class=\"ArticleBody\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ArticleBody\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ArticleBody\"><strong>DEEPLY COVENANTAL<\/strong><br \/>\nWe&#8217;re still working this one out since almost none of us were raised this way. We were raised to be independent and consumeristic. Yet in spite of our tangled motives and tendencies, we&#8217;ve committed to each other and the tribe for life. We&#8217;ll argue and get mad, but we won&#8217;t walk away from the table.<\/span><span class=\"ArticleBody\"> <\/span><span class=\"ArticleBody\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>ACTIVISTS AND WARRIORS<\/strong><br \/>\nWe&#8217;re not happy with the status quo and we&#8217;re going to do more than just discuss the world&#8217;s problems. We&#8217;re God&#8217;s change agents on planet earth. Jesus gave us all authority and we intend to use it to bring hope to all the hopeless we can find. A few of us may be wounded or die along the way; we&#8217;re not unrealistic about the price to be paid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>THROW PACHANGAS<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Pachanga&#8221; is Spanish for an all-out celebration. Celebrating God, His people, and his creation is our deepest pleasure. We worship and party with equal abandon. We love the exuberance of a multi-generational dance beneath the stars.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friends &amp; family- I will be showcasing some G42 blogs over the next few days, and this one is a great one to start with.\u00a0 I am hitting the ground running here, and beginning to look at visa requirements for Spain (They&#8217;re pretty extreme!).\u00a0 Anyway, check out this blog by Seth Barnes (full blog here.) 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