Danny ChaiIf anyone gets a chance to attend corporate training with IDE0 I highly recommend it. Lots of insight, I think, but it would all be corporate gobbledygook so I’ll skip it.
So I was in this situation recently where we had to go around and do this introduce yourself thing and one of the questions was, describe your ideal Sunday. Obviously, being a follower of Christ, my ideal Sunday includes church. Thing is, I had a strong suspicion the guy I was talking to was gay. I also know (maybe I’m wrong) that many gays/lesbians really dislike the church, and they view people associated with the church as judgmental.
I’m never quite sure what to do in situations like this. On one hand, I want to be upfront about my faith. On the other hand, the point of being upfront about one’s faith isn’t just about making a stand, it’s about making a positive stand for one’s faith. So I’m ultrasensitive in situations like this where he might think I’m judging him and be immediately distrustful of me. I’d much rather just display Jesus’ love and eventually work in that I don’t think anyone is inherently better than anyone else, we’re all sinners. We all need Jesus. And that the church is for sinners.
As it was, I blurted out something tired and trite about rest and brunch and something or other. So he doesn’t think of me as judgmental. He just thinks of me as boring.