30 Day Challenge

In coming back to the United States from my trip to Italy my heart burned with fire to share the Gospel with people. While in a foreign country it is so easy to talk to people. Even with the language barrier people want to know why you are there, why you are getting involved in their culture. When you tell people that you are from the US. immediately their eyebrows raise, until you tell them that you are from California, in which they respond, "oh you surf". This becomes a topic of conversation and a starting place for further dialogue and possibly a relationship of some form. One step on US soil and culture shock hits you. People have personal space here, there are unspoken boundaries, with respect to conversation. How dare you talk to me about money, politics and religion. What a sad state to dwell within.
My hope is to change that kind of mindset. That is why I want to break down those kinds of walls within our culture. My hopes in accomplishing this will be through the interviews that I have and the recording of this blog. Here's the deal: I will dedicate the next 30 days to meeting people, developing relationships within my community, on the basis that everyone believes something or someone. My hope is that those who do not believe in absolute truth will come to know truth and be advocates of it. Might I add, "Jesus was full of grace and truth", so basically I am saying that I want people to know Jesus.
Now if I were to say that right up front there would probably be some issues... that's fine, but I don't want to just get my point across. I want to see the spiritual temperature of our community and the only way that that can be accomplished is through simply talking with people.
So, for the next 30 days, I will seek to meet 30 different people, talk with them asking them a series of questions regarding spirituality, with the hope and intention of developing a lasting relationship (whatever the depth) with them. This section of my blog will be dedicated to introducing you to these people.