M Quotes
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“Missiologists have in recent years begun to think seriously about inculturation, and historians have begun to learn from them. When the Christian message is inserted into a cultural framework, if the messengers are insensitive to the local culture the result can be cultural imperialism. On the other hand, if they grant too much hegemony to the local culture, the result at best is 'syncretism' and at worst 'Christo-paganism.' Things are most wholesome when sensitive interchange takes place leading to 'a truly critical symbiosis.' But for this to happen, there must be a second stage - a time of 'pastoral follow-up work,' of catechizing and life formation enabling the new faith to express its genius in the institutions and reflexes of its new host culture.”
Source: The Change of Conversion and the Origin of Christendom
“Mission + tools. That’s really what it takes to have focus...you fail at focus because whatever you are trying to focus on isn’t important enough to you.”
“Mission 31 pays homage to my grandfather's work and all aquanauts who have since followed his lead in the name of ocean exploration.”
“Mission [is] understood as being derived from the very nature of God. It [is] thus put in the context of the Trinity, not of ecclesiology or soteriology. The classical doctrine of the missio dei as God the Father sending the Son, and God the Father and the Son sending the Spirit [is] expanded to include yet another “movement”: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit sending the church into the world.”
“Mission accomplished. The Museum of Modern Art's wide-open, tall-ceilinged, super-reinforced second floor was for all intents and purposes built to accommodate monumental installations and gigantic sculptures, should the need arise. It has arisen.”
“Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, has failed.”
“Mission arises from the heart of God Himself and is communicated from His heart to ours. Mission is the global outreach of the global people of a global God.”
Source: The contemporary Christian: an urgent plea for double listening
“Mission begins with a kind of explosion of joy. The news that the
rejected and crucified Jesus is alive is something that cannot possibly
be suppressed. It must be told. Who could be silent about such a fact?
The mission of the Church in the pages of the New Testament is like the
fallout from a vast explosion, a radioactive fallout which is not lethal
but life-giving.”
Source: The Gospel in a Pluralist Society
“Mission complete, Country.”
Source: Decker's Wood
“Mission Control will be perfect. When you leave this meeting today you will go to your office and the first thing you will do there is to write "Tough and Competent" on your blackboards. It will never be erased. Each day when you enter the room these words will remind you of the price paid by Grissom, White, and Chaffee. These words are the price of admission to the ranks of Mission Control.”
“Mission control, We have a UFO pacing our position, request instructions!”
“Mission creep is not unique to Congress. It is endemic to all arms of the federal government.”
“Mission defines strategy, and strategy defines structure.”
“Mission exists because worship doesn't.”
Source: Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions
“Mission is 'the mother of theology'.”
“Mission is a duty about which one must say 'Woe to me if I do not evangelize' (1 Corinthians 9:16)...redemption and mission are acts of love [because] those who proclaim the Gospel participate in the charity of Christ.”
“Mission is a workshop where there is room for all.”
“Mission is at the heart of what you do as a team. Goals are merely steps to its achievement.”
Source: Building a Better Business: The Key to Future Marketing, Management and Motivation
“Mission is both the announcement and the demonstration of the reign of God through Christ.”
Source: Surprise the World: The Five Habits of Highly Missional People
“Mission is not primarily an activity of the church, but an attribute of God.”
“Mission is sacred message.”
“Mission is the heartbeat of God, flowing directly from His nature. To know His nature is to know His heart; to know His heart is to know His word; and to know His word is to know His mission.”
“Mission is the practical demonstration, whether by speech or by action, of the glorious lordship of Jesus.”
Source: The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage
“Mission matching: an ask that creates synergistic congruence (aka win-win) between missions.”
Source: The Power of Starting Something Stupid: How to Crush Fear, Make Dreams Happen, and Live without Regret
“Mission means inviting all the peoples of the earth to hear the music of God's future and dance to it today.”
Source: The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible's Grand Narrative
“Mission motto, sir," said Carrot cheerfully. "Morituri Nolumus Mori. Rincewind suggested it."
"I imagine he did," said Lord Vetinari, observing the wizard coldly. "And would you care to give us a colloquial translation, Mr Rincewind?"
"Er..." Rincewind hesitated, but there really was no escape. "Er... roughly speaking, it means, 'We who are about to die don't want to', sir.”
Source: The Last Hero
“Mission over Recognition (The Sonnet)
Let me show you what is
action without expectation!
What is it to do your duty,
without regard for recognition!
Quite often I lose count of my works,
Yet I've never had a fancy book launch.
I write in silence, I release in silence,
I have no relation to praise and applause.
I am the peak of humanitarian literature,
All without an ounce of support or award.
I am not a writer, I am world reformer,
My first concern is an integrated world.
Whatever happens next, know that it had
nothing to do with the making of a mission.
It's easy to bask in the glory of the sun,
not so much to fuel solar combustion.”
Source: Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets
“Mission parameters can always be changed—in politics, military missions, or life—and the truly wise know when to make those changes.”
Source: Brotherhood
“Mission starts with determining what you really care about and want to accomplish and committing yourself to it. You can always develop expertise. First, discover your preference.”
“Mission work in Algeria is far from being the chief, still less it is the exclusive object of your ambition. The end and aim of our Apostolate is the evangelisation of Africa, of the whole of Africa, of that almost impenetrable interior in whose dark depths are the last hiding places of a most brutal barbarism, where cannibalism still prevails, and slavery in its most degrading forms. To this work you have consecrated yourselves by solemn vow and promise. There is not a single spot along the shores washed by the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and the Indian Ocean, where we do not find the footsteps of the messengers of God's mercy to the poor degraded sons of Cham. But although in all the countries bordering the Ocean we find numerous bodies of Apostolic Missionaries engaged in spreading the light of the Gospel, far different is it with the interior of the Dark Continent, which has hitherto seemed impossible of access. From time to time individual travellers have tried to penetrate into the depths of this mysterious land, but nearly all have perished in the attempt to. lift the veil which enshrouds those unknown regions.”
“Missional leaders are comfortable in the own skin.”
Source: Next Steps For Leading a Missional Church
“Missional leaders know that their church will only grow as large as its capacity to provide ongoing care through a network of small groups and ministry teams.”
Source: Next Steps For Leading a Missional Church
“Missional leaders not only feel the burden of God's mission but they also act on the burden and act upon it sacrificially.”
Source: Next Steps For Leading a Missional Church
“Missional leaders not only feel the burden of God's mission but they also act on the burden and act upon it sacrificially. Leading a missional church is not for the faint of heart. It takes courage to push yourself beyond your comfort zone and to lead the church beyond it personal limits. Brokenness, inner turmoil and sacrifice will always be part of the missional leader's life.”
Source: Next Steps For Leading a Missional Church
“Missional leaders understand the power of connecting relationally in their community through personal networking.”
“Missionaries are going to reform the world whether it wants to or not.”
“Missionaries are perfect nuisances and leave every place worse than they found it.”
Source: The Works of Charles Dickens: Letters and Speeches
“Missionaries are Undercover Intelligence Agents.”
“Missionaries are very human folks, simply a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt somebody.”
“Missionaries in the developing world waste a lot of time and money (not to mention the goodwill of non-Christians) proselytizing to the needy. . . . While missionaries do many noble things at great risk to themselves, their dogmatism still spreads ignorance and death. By contrast, volunteers for secular organizations . . . do not waste . . . time telling people about the virgin birth of Jesus. Nor do they tell people in sub-Saharan Africa - where nearly four million people die from AIDS every year - that condom use is sinful.”
“Missionaries never give up on their dream of peace, even when they experience difficulties and persecution, which makes their presence strongly felt today.”
“Missionaries, whether of philosophy or religion, rarely make rapid way, unless their preachings fall in with the prepossessions ofthe multitude of shallow thinkers, or can be made to serve as a stalking-horse for the promotion of the practical aims of the still larger multitude, who do not profess to think much, but are quite certain they want a great deal.”
“Missionary activity is not so much the work of the church as simply the Church at work.”
Source: Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission
“Missionary life is simply a chance to die.”
“Missionary service is a priesthood duty.”
“Missionary service is not only a test of faith but a real test of character.”
“Missionary work has never been easy, and yet the joyful rewards cannot be equaled by any other experience.”
“Missionary work is a manifestation of our spiritual identity and heritage. We were foreordained in the premortal existence and born into mortality to fulfill the covenant and promise God made to Abraham. We are here upon the earth at this time to magnify the priesthood and to preach the gospel. That is who we are, and that is why we are here - today and always.”
“Missionary work is an identifying feature of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Always has it been; ever shall it be.”
“Missionary work is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience.”