Wednesday Reflection Week 4

Today’s class really brought me to the focus and helped me in thinking of my final paper (also of my current church planting). It is kinna funny how it worked like the “Karate Kid” movie (How the main character was given bunch of tasks that didn’t seem to related and at the end they were crucial part of his learning). The reflections we did in the past classes were good exercises in helping us think of the kingdom of God in our ministry. The questions on Wed nesday (how would Justice, Peace and Joy would manifest in our context) helped us in narrowing down the definitions and characteristics of the Kingdom of God. I really had hard time identifying them in my case study (church planting) because we have externalized the idea of Justice and Peace to the “world,” only to the context of social justice and wars. The question of how that would look like in a church context really challenged me in seeing things differently. Because if those are the characteristics of the Kingdom of God, then they should be visible in the church of God. I am really excited about the paper which, as Prof. Bolger said, is not just an assignment but something that will help and benefit our ministry context. I true look forward to that.