Relationships

I have been thinking A LOT about relationships and I am as messed up as the next person about them. Probably more messed up. I have all of my baggage from a teenager and how I managed relationships. Then I have all of this "something-like-Christian-morals-but-not-really" bunch of "shoulds". Then I have all of this protectionism in me-protect my boundaries, take care of me, etc. How do I live like Christ? How do I become Christ-like? I think that found some interesting and true thoughts in the article by Rob Bell, that was a feature in the Single Connection and can be found here. I love Rob's writing style and his voice-convicting, yet very familiar. I think that even if you are not a Christian, that this article has some good stuff about relationships, not just romantic ones. I wonder what the world would look like if we lived this way, focused on giving rather than getting our needs met, which reminds me of a little article that was in Discipleship Journal a few months ago (but I will have to wait until it is available online or you can order back issues).

Hey and a quick shout out to Nick who told me about Velvet Elvis, which I thought was an excellent book by Mr. Bell-if anyone has to get rid of "brickianity" it is me!