Monday, July 25, 2011

How to Burn Bridges

I'd like to credit this article but I'm not sure where it originated.  I believe it may be from Campus Crusade for Christ, but  I'm not sure of the specific source.  In any case, here are some GREAT reminders as we head off to the Rez.  Please take the time to read it carefully.  Your life may depend on it.  OK, maybe not your life, but perhaps someones soul. 



How To Burn Bridges

  • Ask a lot of questions.  Especially about sensitive issues like poverty and alcoholism.
  • Interrupt often when they speak.
  • Be uneasy about silence and speak as often as possible.
  • Feel disrespected when they don't show up at your "event", even when they said they would.
  • Take a lot of pictures of "them" and use them for your ministry newsletter or research.
  • Refuse a gift from them because you know what's best for them and don't want to take away the little that they have
  • Think that if they pray in their language that it can't be Christian because God only speaks English