4/5/96

MONTREAT CONFERENCE
STEWARDSHIP
APRIL 14-17, 1996

JOHN M. BUCHANAN, PASTOR
FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, CHICAGO

Sunday evening, April 14
10 minute preview
Give It All

Monday morning, April 15

A Matter of Value
Theological and Biblical Reflections on Stewardship

Biblical texts:
Mark 10:17-27
Luke 12:22-34

1 Timothy 6:6-19

Wednesday evening, April 17

The Value of Your Soul
The Stewardship of Your Own Life

Biblical text:
Mark 8:34-37

FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, CHICAGO
JOHN M. BUCHANAN, PASTOR

Mark 8:34-37
MATTHEW 16:21-28
Luke 9:21-27

1. THE VALUE OF YOUR SOUL

AND JESUS SUMMONED THE MULTITUDE
WITH THE DISCIPLES, AND SAID TO THEM,
"IF ANY WOULD COME AFTER ME, LET THEM
DENY THEMSELVES AND TAKE UP THEIR CROSS
AND FOLLOW ME. FOR THOSE WHO WOULD SAVE
THEIR LIFE WILL LOSE IT; AND THOSE WHO
LOST THEIR LIFE FOR MY SAKE AND THE
GOSPEL’S WILL SAVE IT. FOR WHAT IS ONE

PROFITED, IF ONE GAINS THE WHOLE WORLD

AND FORFEITS ONE’S LIFE? FOR WHAT SHALL

ONE GIVE IN RETURN FOR ONE'S LIFE?’"

-MarK 8:34-37

(INcLUStVE LANGUAGE LECTIONARY)

"WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT A MAN OR A
WOMAN TO GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD AND LOSE

HIS OR HER SOUL?"

SOME TIME AGO I WAS PART OF A
[ — Waslianben Scene
SEMINAR IN WASHINGTON WHICH BROUGHT trough ea ty,

TOGETHER A GROUP OF PRESBYTERIAN

MINISTERS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO See HM Dry

HAPPENED TO BE PRESBYTERIANS. | THERE NN aay .oo

WERE TWELVE OF US. \ WE WERE IN A VAN,

ee Ld

WAITING AT THE GATE OF THE WHLIIE HOUSE.

A SECRET SERVICE MAN ASKED US FOR OUR

ee

ove ok be 9 “Scolbsdval 1 vat Ceinegs «

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Aone se - Wasa bel & - Ae 4 Arss . ke Moneart >

DRIVER'S LICENSES IN ORDER TO DO A

~— a hed Josh imine
SECURITY CHECK. \ Mattgeehagestemsss ; \ 9eRE

A

covaems ,( ALL I HAD ON MY PERSON WITH MY

NAME ON IT WAS A CHURCH BUSINESS CARD

mawen. | Hmmm cotialh, - lige

“Ey perth,
Pamtiusy hifi
m AO Trem

we dam UU HAT

AND THE CHURCH CREDIT caro \ 1 TRIED THE

pusmuess.cann. \ Tue SECRET SERVICE MAN

DISAPPEARED INTO HIS OFFICE, RETURNED

, —e
WITH SEC garry eancesCrne KIND_YOU_W EAR

AROUND YOUR NECK, WITH THE LICENSES

—

CLIPPED ON. \WHEN HE CAME TO ME, HE
————

sarp(("MR. BUCHANAN, MAY I TALK WITH

eee aA

———

you?") )I CLIMBED OUT OF THE VAN AMIDST

THE LAUGHTER OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO WERE

TELLING HIM THAT I WAS INDEED A VERY

=

— =

=

REAL THREAT TO NATIONAL SENET | HE

ASKED IF I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING WHICH
—e oe

WOULD SIMPLY ASSURE THEM THAT I_WAS WHO

I ci ED TO Be. \ APPA TLY, D LOST
“AIMED RENTLY, I HAD

MORE THAN MY WALLET.AND SOME MONEY. MY

ee

IDENTITY WAS AT stake So I PULLED OUT

THE CHURCH AMERICAN EXPRESS..CaRD. WHICH

DOES HAVE MY NAME ON rr.\ HE SEEMED TO
=. ~ a

BE GREATLY RELIEVED. \ I WAS APPROVED.
ESE

AMERICAN EXPRESS GOT ME IN THE WHITE
ae Taina ea

HOUSE - WHEN MY worp, | THe ASSURANCES OF

MY DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUES/ AND MY

EMPLOYMENT AT THE FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN
ee,

CHURCH OF CHICAGO WERE BRUSHED ASIDE.

E's Gt GLAD I HAD NOT LEFT HOME WITHOUT IT.
——

re oiedd: 1 favats 5 har t sdonzs 15

JOHN ime aero ENTITLED THE

WALLET. \n Is ABOUT Futian, \p RETIRED

ee nn

re Aout»
Clara Uslwert= FPC~ loses fruk evoree

BROKER, wHo ("HAD ASSEMBLED A NICE LIFE -

as
———

BLUE-EYED WIFE 34322 AND
__ TTT

PRESENTABLE AFTER THIRTY VEARS—=0F
MARRddisk, RED-HAIRED DAUGHTER OFF IN THE

WORLD AND DOING WELL, (HANDSOME WHITE

W
HOUSE IN THE OLDER SUBURBS. \

Updire Aeser vlou
A ee ter Yn

<a *
raven "tan Valu

FULHAM SPENDS HIS TIME MANAGING HIS
aoa as tte oe ren em
OWN INVESTMENTS AND THOSE OF A FAVORED
aaa
FEW OLD CLIENTS IN AN UPSTAIRS ROOM.
ES
EVERY MORNING HE GOES TO HIS ROOM WITH

THE WALL STREET Journat, | a SECOND CUP OF

ee a

DECAFFEINATED COFFEE, TO MAKE PHONE
===

CALLS, LOOK OUT THE WINDOW EATLY

MANICURED LAWN, TO SURVEY AND ENJOY THE
——= Sa

WORLD HE HAS GAINED.

== —

K Chievael.
AND THEN DISASTER STRIKES. { ONE
SS

MORNING HE CAN'T FIND HIS WA et! | Now,
IF YOU ARE NOT AN OBSESSIVE PERSON YOU

rr, —< <<
MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS STORY IS

cama yo Lh
7 OSin
ABOUT. | IF YOU ARE, ~IF-YOU SPEND AS MUCH
= a — : yy
TIME AS I DO_IN A STATE OF AGITATION Lcke Yous
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FIND YOUR KEYS OR PEN wallok
— ™ WAseles qu

OR atasses. .| YOU MAY FIND IT ESD
—— —

provacarrve. | FULHAM LOOKS EVERYWHERE:

UNDER CHAIRS, \zes, (HE EVEN GOES THROUGH
= lg f TD

—

POCKETS OF SUITS HE HASN'T WORN FOR

Ee a

MONTHS. | HE GOES A LITTLE BERSERK, .

le ear Ts 7 ey

WALLET WAS “A FRIENDLY ADJUNCT TO HIS \

a

ie
PERSON, A REMINDER, IN_.ITS DELICATE

PRESSURE UPON HIS LEFT BUTTOCK, OF HIS
NEW ngaer LIFE... CONTAINING CHARGE

CARDS FOR Bay BANK, BROOKS BROTHERS,

Hentz, Ursa avoco, [Anenzcn EXPRESS,

MASTER CHARGE, "THE HARVARD co-or, |

MASSACHUSETTS GENER HOSPITAL | PLUS

HIS PLASTICIZED PRIVER’S LICENSE AND
ene

CARDS SIGNIFYING HIS MEMBERSHIP IN THE

E Agts, \country_ctus,\ BLUE

Cross/ LUE SHIELD, SOCIAL SECURITY AND

VARYOUS SENTIMENTAL MEMENTOS AND

PICTURES."

———e
nowas Maly Frewe tet

AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF SEARCHING,

FULHAM ANNOUNCES TO HIS WIFE THAT

Ss
—_—_

SOMEONE, OBVIOUSLY, HAS SLIPPED INTO THE

= EEO
House [ano STOLEN HIS WALLET, \ PUNCTUATING

HIS PROCLAMATION WITH OBSCENITIES.
———

eae:

HIS WIFE SAYS: (ave NEVER SEEN

eer -

YOU LIKE THIS."

"IT_WAS MY WALLET. |\ EVERYTHING IS
ee

IN_1T.\ | EVERYTHING.\ WITHOUT THAT
—— Re ene

WALLET, I'M NOTHING.”
—— ae

SS

—— a =
FULHAM FINDS HIS WALLET.| IN FACT,
ee ee
HIS GRANDSON FINDS IT FOLDED UP IN A
SEE eo

BLANKET ON THE COUCH. \ AND UPDIKE CLOSES

WITH HIM (: SQUEEZING THE BELOV THE BELOVED BENT

BOOK OF LEATHER BETWEEN HIS TWO PALMS

\
8 \ae prone Wr

—_

Gwe 7

AND FEELING VERY GRANDPATERNAL, FRAGILE,

Wee MAE

WISER AND READY TO DIE."

meee EI,

(cwrrous THAT WALLET, I’M ceruzwec™)
EE

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FULHAM saro.\ JESUS SAID, WHAT SHALL IT

eGR oy

PROFIT A PERSON TO GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD
SS

oS aaee

AND TO FORFEIT HIS OR HER LIFE?"

SSS eS

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THE GREEK WORD( IS PSYCHE_AND IT

" mW
MEANS "LIFE", BUT ALSO /'SOUL") AND ALSO mic wee
"SELF." | IN POINT OF F , IT MAY NOT BE soul fou &
— —— — VY 0
YOUR LIFE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING. — Wr | sinh.

IT'S SOMETHING DEEPER|| MORE PROFOUND,

=e eae moe a
MORE IMPORTANT, ACTUALLY. \ It's Your Gov E>
—E emer x eee a
Cou ESSENTIAL CORE OF BEING

INSIDE YOU, \THAT INTEGRITY WHICH IF

a
COMPROMISED OR VIOLATED STRIPS YOU OF
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un CHOY
« one ie |
\We wd \oo |
awe: Le aawh |

FOLLOWED—SULL_2—OR=HAS WAN PED —FO7— T

SEEMS. \ we PRESBYTERIANS ARE OBSESSED

— ell

WITH OUR DECLINING maRKET, | RINGING OUR
el eee iii 1
HANDS OVER THE FACT THAT_NUMBERS ARE
a, ee

pown: | THAT WE AREN'T MAINSTREAM OR

Soy

MAINLINE ANYMORE: \) THAT WE ARE NOT

—ty C pen pe ba te
KEEPING PACE WITH R

MUST BE CONCERNED,

MARTIN MARTY, IN A WHIMSICAL

Ses

EDITORIAL ABOUT THE OBSESSIVE AND
La

[a ]

FRANTIC INTEREST IN MAINLINE CHURCH
ge RAB aa

GROWTH AND CHURCH GROWTH STATISTICS,

==

15

NOTES THAT THE Mormons | wHo ARE GROWING,
Sa ap

ARE WILLING TO MAKE 1,500 HOUSE CALLS TO
en Wl —o—EeEEE ESS Ss

PRODUCE ONE "FRIENDLY OPENING" AND THAT

THE EPISCOPALIANS WHO ARE DECLINING, prooalely

HAVEN'T MADE 1,500 HOUSE CALLS SINCE THE

Sea

DEATH OF THOMAS CRANMER IN THE 16TH

ey

CENTURY.

fn feup latin of cover )

WEWORG—FEMPPED, AS PEOPLE WHO LOVE

THE CHURCH AND WANT IT TO SURVIVE AND

\5

\

SUCCEED, TO KEEP AWAY FROM THESE /"HARD
| ee — | a

SAYINGS" OF JESUS’, ABOUT TAKING UP A
eS

CROSS AND GIVING LIFE AWAY, 7=@O@UNSUAL
cet, se

——,

Hagsamess. | WE ARE INCLINED TO TALK

ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF RELIGION, NOT THE
——""aie

cosTs.

16

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL PUBLISHED,
AND-ROOF=AND MCKINNEY REPRENPED, A
DELIGHTFUL_ARTICLE BY A KANSAS CITY

ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE WHO, WITH TONGUE
rr ——————— eons
CA MA.

IN CHEEK, HwkS~GOM& UP WITH A MARKETING

al ay

PLAN FOR REVITALIZING AMERICA'S MAJOR
mms” mee oes

RELIGIOUS FAITHS."

ase

"MY STRATEGY IS TO CONSOLIDATE THE

VARIOUS NAME BRANDS, EVEN THE STRONG

a

FLAGSHIP BRANDS LIKE SOUTHERN BAPTIST
INTO ONE IDENTIFIABLE, EXXON-LIKE

ENTITY. | THE TARGET AUDIENCE HERE IS
ee

Mom, Dap, BuTCH AND SIS - SOLID SUBURBAN

ee

AMERICANS WHO WANT A LITTLE GOD IN THEIR
Bruck
LIFE AND SOMEWHERE TO GO BEFORE Baer’

AFTER TEST-MARKETING VARIOUS

17

POSSIBILITIES, I HAVE DECIDED UPON THE
NAME MIDDLE AMERICAN CHRISTIAN CHURCH,
oR MacCHuRCH, FOR AD PURPOSES. \1 WILL

NOT BE SURE OF MacCHURCH'S THEOLOGY

UNTIL FOCUS GROUPS ARE RUN, BUT I PLAN
ON FOLLOWING THE PROMOTIONAL PATH BLAZED
SO SUCCESSFULLY BY HOLIDAY INN. IN
OTHER WORDS, THIS WILL BE YOUR 'NO
SURPRISES’ cuurce.| WHEN Dab BRINGS THE

FAMILY HERE,| HE CAN BE SURE THAT THEY
F aed

WILL NOT BE ASKED TO SPEAK IN TONGUES,
HANDLE SNAKES OR GIVE MONEY TO THE
SANDANISTAS. ™
ee
AMONG THE AD MAN'S OPOSALS ARE a

NEW BRAND OF JUD M FOR BABY BOOMERS

AND A "MARKET/SEGMENTATION' APPROACH FOR

i8

RomAN CATHOLICISM. "RC LIGHT FOR
POST-VATICAN II LIBERALS, RC CLASSIC FoR
TRADITIONALISTS AND RC FREE FOR THOSE
MORE INTERESTED IN LrBeRaston THEOLOGY

f
THAN PAPAL BULLS." i

“ProresTantyy ," HE SAYS, “PRESENTS
MARKETERS WITH SPECIAL PROBLEMS: THE
INDIVIDUAL onl WILL HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS JUST SO MUCH
THEOLOGICAL SHELF SPACE, THAT PRODUCT
DIFFERENTLATION IS NOT VIABLE FOR
GO-AS~YOU-PLEASE PROTESTANTISM. THUS,

THE MYDDLE AMERICAN CHRISTIAN CHURCH OR

MacChurcH." [see AMERICAN MAINLINE

Revicron, RooF AND MCKINNEY, P. 229]

19

| ge Staal wih

Now, NO out IS QUITE THAT BOLD
——

ABOUT rr,| BUT THERE IS AMONG US THE
——————

SENSE THAT IF WE WERE ALITTLE MORE ;
wanker consczous,.|rF WE STOPPED ASKING 4, [lK5

PEOPLE TO GIVE AND STARTED GIVING THEM hist
— (RS — WL

WHAT THEY WANT, (@ MIGHT BE MORE >
SUCCESSFUL. \ AND “TRERE=ARESREENLY. OF
ae

ATE. Pay 6 the to
ae wet
CAS Swe
HOWEVER, JUST AT THE MOMENT WE Want >

BEGIN TO BE CONVINCED THAT THE MARKET

STRATEGY IS cornect,\ usr WHEN WE
ba) ——S

INQUIRE SERIOUSLY OF THE SUPER S@pigemall

CHURCHES BOOMING. wrrncrowrn, [aust AS WE

SHIFT THE WEIGHT OF OUR THEOLOGY TO THE
‘ —S

SUPPLY SIDE OF THE LEDGER, HERE COMES

a

JESUS - SAYING THINGS LIKE:
RT get

=e [i see

20

a

a

COMES AFTER ME AND“DOES NOT

WHAT DOES IP PROFIT, TO GAIN THE

WHOLE WORLD AND LOSE ONE’S SOUL...
Ges

AND

WHOEVER WOULD SAVE LIFE WILL LOSE Z ‘T™,

AND WHOEVER WOULD LOSE LIFE FOR MY SAKE
per om

WILL SAVE IT...

IF ONE WOULD COME AFTER ME DENY
it
SELF | TAKE UP A CROSS AND FOL¥OW...”
a_i

WHAT IS AT STAKE HERE 1S/ SOUL, NOT
JUST THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN /OUR CULTURE.
WHAT IS AT ISSUE IS THAT CORE OF BEING,

;

é
THAT ESSENCE OF YOU ~ WHECH IS YOUR

SOUL.

ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF MODERN 4

Fi

PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY, Eric ERIKSON,

TAUGHT THAT IF you DON'T MAKE THAT

COMMITMENT TO cane FOR LIFE BEYOND

YOURSELF ~ EZTHER IN YOUR OWN CHILDREN, . 2
OR IN SOME WA THE CHILDREN WHO ARE THE |

NEXT GENERATEON - YOU STAGNATE. AND,

SAID ERIKSON, YOU WILL BEGIN TO INDULGE

22

(utr Ww — cides > vs fr Clem seu \sbete
—_— ~——

love. Cues

ra sa’

Uwe

a

rail
Pe

ef:

YOURSELF OBSESSIVELY aa IF YOU WERE |

YOUR OWN ONE ANQ.-ONLY CHILD. \

P

x

oslo LOVE,\ AND=EN=-ORBER=TO=EOVE=¥OU

oo

osname.) Put ANOTHER.WAY, THE BOLD AND

RADICAL PROPOSAL OF THE GOSPEL IS THAT

Wwe
LEARNING TO WOE MEANS LEARNIN E.

BUT IN THAT PROCESS YOU GAIN SOMETHING
ee ae eee

INFINITELY PRECIOUS - YOUR OWN SOUL.
ee,

“there i's Corn pel/iky ous M flak
PHE=COMPETT ING POWER=O-FaTHEGOSPE L \
Toamheroniaeoeeee JESUS OF NAZARETH, SO
gu S
THOROUGHLY BELIEVED IT - HE LIVED IT a

our.\ HE SO THOROUGHLY LOVED GOD AND HIS

Steeeemiony

FRIENDS AND THE WORLD AND HIS OWN SOUL,

23

wer
Swe THAT HE DIED RATHER THAN COMPROMISE HIS
g* “@$ ~~ / ENTEGRITY,|\ HIS SENSE OF WHO HE WAS AND
VOT a —
f pr Cue ./ WHAT HIS LIFE WAS san SOME OF_THOSE
Hd Sn ~~ /_ PEOPLE WHO FIRST HEARD HIS WORDS - LIVED
= [
pwn \~ | THEM OUT AND LITERALLY GAVE THEIR LIVES
——s SoS RR
wr .t
Le yA? ke a AWAY RATHER THAN COMPROMISE THEIR HOPE
row VW al ip \e -
i yer? AND FAITH. \ AND SO, DOWN THROUGH THE
s Ul he
oor a * 50 ;_D OWN THR |
yr - (ue CENTURIES, DISCIPLES OF JESUS HAVE :
tad o
we a _ REMEMBERED AND BRAVELY LIVED OUT THE
Ae —_— ere Se

POWER OF HIS WORDS ¢ D

/} x SOMETIMES HISTORY AND CIRCUMSTANCE
| cetuentea_abeeiel
DRAW THE ISSUE VERY CLEARLY FOR US. [ax
es
DACHAU ONE OF THE REMAINING BARRACKS IS
VE ee en

THE IS THE "PRIESTERBUNKER,"' THE

oe ey
BARRACKS FOR MINISTERS AND PRIESTS WHO
eas nee
24

a post fin ished (cadun Love letkes Fone Cell Fz ;
fl. rely pralish d correspradeun between Lefret B 4.
hs frame Meri Vow Wedermneyer.| DB be peste [Hoay~.
Mp isimed hy Naeis dit Ms Worle wit tYe_yudys ree! _
+ Finall, Cxecr +e tre “pert, % plot -b CSséssint Hite
Wt Coie 2 Weart_lo ey Maveciaer 7 Bec fess + dulps

SAW IN NAZISM AN ABSQLUTE CONFLICT WITH
——— 4

DEVOTION TO JESUS Eumeic WHO ACTED ON

WSs casters esc

THAT PERCEPTION AND WHO ENDED UP IN A

CONCENTRATION | AND THERE IS NOT A
WaVdss
CLERGYPERSON - OR A LAYPERSON FOR THAT

MATTER, WHO DOES NOT LOOK AT THAT
ec ey

BARRACKS AND WONDER, COULD I HAVE DONE

rar? \{Wourp I DON mart | THERE

See = —

ARE TIMES AND CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN THE
fe a a

ISSUE IS CLEARLY DRAWN. | Tar WAS ONE OF
_ |

raen.( AND SO DIETRICH BONHOEFFER, PerLaps
Re.

KNOWING WHAT WAS AHEAD, Cbd BREESE W roty

vw ts w
ABOUT CHEAP GRACE AND COSTLY GRACE AND
fem a bea eee |
THE FAMILIAR AND STIRRING BUT ALSO

Se mma
DeteOOSNG LINES:
SCOM TORS IMG

25

"WHEN CHRIST CALLS A MAN, HE BIDS
—

HIM COME AND DIE."

WILLAAM WELLIMON ONCE WROTE:

"To BE MARTYRED IS ONE WAY TO PAY

ce

a

FOR THE FAITH I SUBMIT IT'S TOUGH

TO PAY,y"DAY By DAY, ‘XN A LONELY, DULL,
y,

IGNORED-BY-PAGANS WILTI THAT COMES

OM WAITING.

Los ng Meh tor to ve ~t tor fur

4
———

GHEe@OST IS NOT_ALWAYS DRAMATIC, sam” bu te,
me beam ,

SUSAN SARANDON’S PORTRAYAL OF
eens taal

SISTER HELEN IN DEAD MAN WALKING IS A ‘
SENSITIVE AD HONEST EXPRESSION OF THE |
a] el

—
<q
26 ae

a

WORD OF Faaun | hosp BY ACCIDENT SHE
GS ET

BECOMES INVOLVED WITH A CONVICTED
==.

aeeailS

MURDERER, WAITING FOR HIS EXECUTION ON
Se, =a

DEATH ROW IN A LOUISIANA razson.| SHE
= ?,

BECOMES HIS aDvocATE,\ BUT MORE
=e

IMPORTANTLY HIS SPIRITUAL COMPANION.

Ea a

AND IN HER SIMPLE POURING OUT OF HERSELF

-- NOT ONLY BECOMES HeRseLr, |euz GIVES A

SELF -- A\.SOUL BACK -- TO THE CONDEMNED
MAN.
mS SS

You pve KNOW PEOPLE WHO GIVE
one =a

THEIR LIVES AWAY.
|

° THE MOTHER WHO DEVOTES HER

alll

LIFE TO RAISING CHILDREN WHO

—

NEED A HOME, - Uar\ | wt

27

quve uw

ee

Mm a aw Muna ;
“Haak, 1 &+D. Leder,

Wea § o. cal Was Use
¢ THE MAN WHOSE=PATTHFUL } descr |
: Y IL

4h._Ceriomcss *)

; ‘. TT \cuw

° THE SURGEON WHO WORKS ERE
\ak_pety hen Masini ste
Wr Uwwoured “Upurea. pe dweh
4 eg or
eA — yyr\ ° THE FRIE STAYS BESIDE

on THE BEDSIDE OF ONE DYING WITH
Se

AIDS.

THERE ARE COUNTLESS..THOUSANDS, ALL
AROUND US, WHO A USE THEY KNOW JESUS
AND TRUST HIM; VING THEIR LIVES

aan at IN THE PROCESS, DISCOVERING — \ ez “7
4

So ee

THEIR OWN SOULS.

VW re Sun. Corshe p\a aes i) waarly se WALD fret fey
vs . “2
Fovorde Wrmend oi Gem teh ake
CAWMMMISR — WEOWerltes & \

Veluwe —

PAG

ONE WHO PAID WITH EVERYTHING SHE
HAD was Eva JANE Price, CONGREGATIONAL
MISSIONARY WIFE, IN CHINA IN THE 1890s.

pe

HER LONG CORRESPONDENCE WITH HER PARENTS

IN Des MOINES HAS BEEN PUBLISHED UNDER

THE TITLE CHINA Jounwat.. | Ir 18 A

Er,

FASCINATING, INFORMATIVE AND MOVING

STORY. | SHE WAS 33, HER HUSBAND 41, WHEN

Ser Maier Geen ese =
THEY DECIDED TO GO TO OBERLIN COLLEGE

Eee,

WITH THEIR TWO CHILDREN TO PREPARE FOR

MISSIONARY WORK. | see WAS VERY HUMAN AND

WINSOME; \ WIFE, MOTHER OF THREE - TWO OF

We meter,

WHOM DIED IN CHILDHOOD. | SHE LOVED Gop,

iain

BUT SHE ALSO LOVED HER OWN LIFE,

i
CHILDREN AND HER MOTHER, AND THE FARM IN

Towa. \ Tr TOOK THREE MONTHS TO TRAVEL TO
itcns

CHINA SO A LETTER TO HER MOTHER TOOK SIX
erage:

29

%
a

Gut

MONTHS TO BE ANSWERED. {| THE LETTERS ARE
nee,

FULL OF THE STUFF OF OUR OWN HUMANITY -
ae Fae eT

THE DAILY DETAILS OF LIFE IN AN UTTERLY
ETE,

ALEEN CULTURE - WHICH SHE DID NOT
SE

UNDERSTAND AND WHICH CALLED HER "FOREIGN

oevst."| AND, OF COURSE, THE LONELINESS
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AND ISOLATION WHICH CAUSED ONE OF HER
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FRIENDS TO GO MAD AND ANOTHER TO DECIDE
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ten,

TO COMMIT SUICIDE.} IN AN EARLY LETTER
TTT. - LEI

SHE WRITES, Cuoruen, WHAT DO YOU THINK I
WANTED THE OTHER pav?| Wet, I'LL TELL
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YOU IF YOU'LL PROMISE NEVER, NEVER TO

TELL - ONE OF YOUR BIG APRONS SO I COULD

PUT MY HEAD IN IT AND CRY AND IMAGINE IT
iim

WAS IN Your Lap." [p, 29]
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30

InN 1900, ELEVEN YEARS AFTER THEY
tie

LEFT IoWA AND OBERLIN COLLEGE, THE

PRIGES AND THEIR REMAINING DAUGHTER WERE

MURDERED IN THE BOXER REBELLION. {IN HER

LAST LETTER, AS THE REBELLION CLOSES IN
Bete: oo:

ON THE SMALL.MISSIONARY COMPOUND SHE
WROTE.../ “OUR LIVES ARE WORTH NOTHING
UNLESS THE -EORD KEEPS THEM.| WE ARE ALL
EXPECTING TO DIE AND GOD IS GIVING US
GRACE, AND WE PRAY THAT YOU AT HOME MAY
BE ABUNDANTLY BLESSED BY vam. | WE WOULD
NOT CHOOSE TO DIE NOW AND IN ANY
HORRIBLE WAY, BUT PRAY WITHOUT CEASING

THAT GOD WILL CHOOSE FOR US AND MAKE US

GLAD TO GO THE WAY HE says.” \ [p. 236]

31

—_— TIME AND CIRCUMSTANCE DO NOT DRAW

. a

THE ISSUE SHARPLY FOR EVERYONE. |[“Pa@tE=

GeRmaaeT WE sanaeeT me TO FACE THE

ISSUE AS DRAMATICALLY AS EVA PRICE DID,

cas DIETRICH BONHOEFFER’ DID.
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BUT PRAY Gop THAT OUR GOOD FORTUNE

DOES NOT PROTECT US ALSO FROM THE

OPPORTUNITY TO DECIDE TO LIVE. { raax Gop

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THAT WE ARE NOT SO AN ZED BY
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COMFORL.AND SECURITY AND THE—ORDERLINESS
Skee yo & _ OF OUR LIVES THAT WE NEVER GELLAROUND TO
Pee ame [as LIVING THEM BY. GIVING..THEM AWAY.
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LIVED, IN FACT, untae YOU HAVE LOVED

———

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are ovr Nerve lost self.

PASSIONATELY AND rigiy-avp_peeety/ |Loveo

ENOUGH TO DENY YOURSELF, |ro FORGET
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YOURSELE, |TO DIE A LITTLE OR A LOT.

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LEARN THAZ... ruaz..|| 10 LOVE A CHILD, | anotHer

rensgu,| acause,| Gon || To Love euuty LOVE FULLY IS

TO DIE TO SELF, AND SIMULTANEOUSLY TO BE
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ABUNDANTLY THAN YOU EVER IMAGINED
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VERY irre \\ rr YOU LEA OVE

ENOUGH TO DIE.
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