Comments on: The Luxury of Boundaries http://inamirrordimly.com/2007/10/28/the-luxury-of-boundaries/ A theology and culture blog with the Bible in one tab and a news feed in the other. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:07:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: ed http://inamirrordimly.com/2007/10/28/the-luxury-of-boundaries/#comment-1209 ed Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:24:05 +0000 http://inamirrordimly.com/2007/10/28/the-luxury-of-boundaries/#comment-1209 Mak, good counter-question. I think you caught on to my mistake of overstating my point and not offering qualifiers. H, great link. I did read the book, took a class with the author too. He's a good guy with some very helpful ideas, but difficult to read (I mean his personality). I think I'm wrestling with this idea: I can't shut people off JUST because they are annoying, inconvenient, or fill in the blank__________ with whatever petty excuse or grievance. There obviously are times to set boundaries, especially with work and family (I am very careful about certain things I do in that area), but there is a sense in which Christians cannot distance themselves from the people in our face. I'm not thinking of anything all that extreme. I'm just thinking that I have set up boundaries in some areas to keep me from being nice to people where such limits really are not necessary or appropriate for a follower of Jesus. Mak, good counter-question. I think you caught on to my mistake of overstating my point and not offering qualifiers.

H, great link. I did read the book, took a class with the author too. He’s a good guy with some very helpful ideas, but difficult to read (I mean his personality).

I think I’m wrestling with this idea: I can’t shut people off JUST because they are annoying, inconvenient, or fill in the blank__________ with whatever petty excuse or grievance. There obviously are times to set boundaries, especially with work and family (I am very careful about certain things I do in that area), but there is a sense in which Christians cannot distance themselves from the people in our face.

I’m not thinking of anything all that extreme. I’m just thinking that I have set up boundaries in some areas to keep me from being nice to people where such limits really are not necessary or appropriate for a follower of Jesus.

]]> By: Heather http://inamirrordimly.com/2007/10/28/the-luxury-of-boundaries/#comment-1207 Heather Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:44:42 +0000 http://inamirrordimly.com/2007/10/28/the-luxury-of-boundaries/#comment-1207 I was just reading a friend's blog with a similar theme: http://www.xanga.com/reepicheep78 wondered if you'd read the book she mentioned I was just reading a friend’s blog with a similar theme:

http://www.xanga.com/reepicheep78

wondered if you’d read the book she mentioned

]]> By: Makeesha Fisher http://inamirrordimly.com/2007/10/28/the-luxury-of-boundaries/#comment-1206 Makeesha Fisher Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:30:05 +0000 http://inamirrordimly.com/2007/10/28/the-luxury-of-boundaries/#comment-1206 so maybe a better question would be - how do we set boundaries in the way Christ did? so maybe a better question would be - how do we set boundaries in the way Christ did?

]]> By: Makeesha Fisher http://inamirrordimly.com/2007/10/28/the-luxury-of-boundaries/#comment-1205 Makeesha Fisher Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:29:28 +0000 http://inamirrordimly.com/2007/10/28/the-luxury-of-boundaries/#comment-1205 I JUST had a conversation with a friend about this very thing a couple days ago. I get into these situations when I take my daughter to school and pick her up and I'm not sure we gave up our rights to have boundaries when we chose to follow Christ...that sounds sort of creepy to me. I wonder if maybe Jesus was establishing boundaries and shutting up the pharisees sometimes - ya know? I JUST had a conversation with a friend about this very thing a couple days ago. I get into these situations when I take my daughter to school and pick her up and I’m not sure we gave up our rights to have boundaries when we chose to follow Christ…that sounds sort of creepy to me.

I wonder if maybe Jesus was establishing boundaries and shutting up the pharisees sometimes - ya know?

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