Mark, may I ask how you heard of my great-aunt Tillie? What we have heard about her all our lives - and what I saw even as a child living up the hill from her - is that she did what she was good at even though it was not accepted in the society of that day. You may find it interesting that she was an early student of D.L.Moody, that wonderfully spiritual man who brought so many to Christ. He had a different view than my Moster Tillie (Moster is "aunt" or "mother's sister" in Swedish.) It is my understanding that he thought the bicycle was one of the worst things that could happen to America, because Sunday rides into the country were taking the people away from church services. We have an old newspaper arcticle with Moody on one side with an announcement that he was preaching in the city and Tillie on the other side saying "Don't tell him I am racing here, because he will pull me off my ride and i can't afford to lose a lap!" Of course it was a joke, but it did have a bit of truth in it. It does make me wonder how much of what we debate today as "Christian" or "unChristian" is in reality a corporate wrestling with the opinions or traditions of our time. But isn't it the Father's heart that we really need to be after?
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Mark, may I ask how you heard of my great-aunt Tillie? What we have heard about her all our lives - and what I saw even as a child living up the hill from her - is that she did what she was good at even though it was not accepted in the society of that day. You may find it interesting that she was an early student of D.L.Moody, that wonderfully spiritual man who brought so many to Christ. He had a different view than my Moster Tillie (Moster is "aunt" or "mother's sister" in Swedish.) It is my understanding that he thought the bicycle was one of the worst things that could happen to America, because Sunday rides into the country were taking the people away from church services. We have an old newspaper arcticle with Moody on one side with an announcement that he was preaching in the city and Tillie on the other side saying "Don't tell him I am racing here, because he will pull me off my ride and i can't afford to lose a lap!" Of course it was a joke, but it did have a bit of truth in it. It does make me wonder how much of what we debate today as "Christian" or "unChristian" is in reality a corporate wrestling with the opinions or traditions of our time. But isn't it the Father's heart that we really need to be after?