Comments on: That’s Our Story

By: Duncan McFadzean

Duncan McFadzean — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:33:31 +0000

Josh, good thoughts on the power of story. I keep hearing of entreprenuers who basically get people so convinced on the story, they get people to join their firms without even asking what the package is! I wonder what happens when we stop giving testimonies and start telling stories?

By: Josh Scott

Josh Scott — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:07:20 +0000

I don’t know if it’s necessarily a “either/or” issue. I think it’s more “both/and.”

I don’t think living quality over quanity is a balanced life and I don’t believe living quantity over quality is either. I think in the end we are responsible for both.

Example: as a father, I can’t skimp on either quality or quantity with Caden.

With that said, I think it’s the same with your question. I think you have to have both: quality of life in what Christ calls us to do and quality of life in an American cultural sense. I think in the end we are responsible to Him for both - what we do with our stuff.

That’s my quick short response. Obviously, that’s a conversation that would take some time to unpack.

By: joel

joel — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:28:23 +0000

hey josh…kind of off topic, but spurred by what you said in your post. It’s something that I’ve been thinking over recently. In most everything in life I live Quality over Quantity, but it hit me the other day that as Christians is there really anything Biblically foundational about “quality of life”? Is this something as Christians we should even involve ourselves?

I differentiate it two ways…quality of life in the sense of doing whatever Christ calls us to do (i.e. a quality life of a missionary serving in the slums of some African village) vs. the quality of life that most would consider the potential of any American.

Just a sideline thought, though not the intent of your post.