Keele Worldview = Normal
The older I get, the more I am thankful for my family. When I was growing up, I never noticed how distinct the Keele worldview was. I took it for granted.
Keele worldview = Normal. I just said that. No apologies. : )
But then I grew up and realized...not very many people have the Keele worldview. A lot of the time, I feel like maybe I'm way out in left field, and I start to think maybe everyone else is is right even though it just doesn't feel right in my gut. But then I talk with a Keele and I feel normal again, and everyone else looks weird. I feel validated. The world is right once again. Even if all the Keeles are weird, at least we feel normal together. And I am thankful for that.
I can't resist a spiritual application. (Maybe that's part of the Keele worldview). I also take the name Christian. It's not just the name that goes in front of "bookstore" or "music" or "culture." It's a name that is rooted in history, in a time when the name was shameful and even a death sentence. It's a name that represents a Person who was radically different from the culture around Him, who came not to conform to the world, but to transform it. The older I get as a Christian, the more I feel like maybe I'm way off in left field, and every now and then I start to think maybe everyone else is right. I'm not even necessarily comparing "Christian" to "the World" here as much as American culture Christian to Biblical-Christian.
But something about all of it doesn't feel right in my gut because of what I know about Jesus, how He is clearly described in the Bible. So I talk with Jesus about it, and I feel normal again, and everyone else looks way out in left field. That's because I am part of His family now, and I am starting to think more like Him. And even if we're weird to most of the "normal" world (even the "normal" Christian culture), we're normal in His Kingdom. And that's what matters the most.
Keele worldview = Normal. I just said that. No apologies. : )
But then I grew up and realized...not very many people have the Keele worldview. A lot of the time, I feel like maybe I'm way out in left field, and I start to think maybe everyone else is is right even though it just doesn't feel right in my gut. But then I talk with a Keele and I feel normal again, and everyone else looks weird. I feel validated. The world is right once again. Even if all the Keeles are weird, at least we feel normal together. And I am thankful for that.
I can't resist a spiritual application. (Maybe that's part of the Keele worldview). I also take the name Christian. It's not just the name that goes in front of "bookstore" or "music" or "culture." It's a name that is rooted in history, in a time when the name was shameful and even a death sentence. It's a name that represents a Person who was radically different from the culture around Him, who came not to conform to the world, but to transform it. The older I get as a Christian, the more I feel like maybe I'm way off in left field, and every now and then I start to think maybe everyone else is right. I'm not even necessarily comparing "Christian" to "the World" here as much as American culture Christian to Biblical-Christian.
But something about all of it doesn't feel right in my gut because of what I know about Jesus, how He is clearly described in the Bible. So I talk with Jesus about it, and I feel normal again, and everyone else looks way out in left field. That's because I am part of His family now, and I am starting to think more like Him. And even if we're weird to most of the "normal" world (even the "normal" Christian culture), we're normal in His Kingdom. And that's what matters the most.
What you wrote reminds me of the girl that graduated from high school and went to another country to live and serve in an orphanage. Throughout her teenage years as her faith grew, she recognized the difference between Christians in her world and Christians described in the Bible. She HAD to respond. We all have to figure out what to do with this discrepancy. Thanks for these thoughts!!
ReplyDeleteI like the Keele view. It has nice people behind it. Also know you are lucky because it's April and I'm reading this ;)
ReplyDeleteThe Keele Worldview is obviously the right one. :) Well written and well applied.
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