Comments on: Fellowship of the Unashamed

By: Deborah M.

Deborah M. — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:33:24 +0000

I have been trying to find the origins of this and it keeps going back to anonymous/An African Pastor who shortly after writing was martyred for his faith. Our Pastor read this on Sunday. Here is a link to a powerful rendition of this on Utube, if that is allowed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-qDSB1xsN8

By: Mike Stephens

Mike Stephens — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:21:44 +0000

Thanks for the reminder Chris, I had a friend print that out and give it to me!!!

By: Chris Giovagnoni

Chris Giovagnoni — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:59:09 +0000

For the safety of the children we serve and the staff we work with, I have deleted Taran's comment. The comment was irrelevant to the subject of the post. I have also updated the ground rules for leaving comments on the blog.

By: Chris Giovagnoni

Chris Giovagnoni — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:12:22 +0000

Taran, Thank you for sharing your concern with us. I have brought your comment to the attention of our International Program Group. They will decide how to proceed on this and may contact you for additional information. Everyone, Please keep our ground rules in mind when submitting comments. I approved Taran’s comment because the blog is a forum of transparency and honesty, but I believe concerns like this are better addressed in other ways, like contacting us via e-mail, so we can talk specifics.

By: Steve K.

Steve K. — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:06:29 +0000

Most of what I googled attributes it to Bob Moorehead, formerly of Overlake Christian Church in Seattle. (And if you know anything about him, it would be “controversial” in today’s world to cite something so eloquent to someone so fallen). But another person I read said that we read quite a few messages from David, and he was quite a fallen fellow too … as were many, many others in the Bible … which reminds me of a passage …

1 Corinthians 1:27-29 (NIV) “But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things — and the things that are not — to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him.

By: Krista

Krista — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:40:35 +0000

I could be wrong, but I thought this had been attributed to Jim Elliott.

By: Lisa Miles

Lisa Miles — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:00:49 +0000

WOW!!!!! I love that. I’m going to print this out and read it every morning after my devotions. Chris, thank you so much for posting this.

By: Vicki Small

Vicki Small — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:31:17 +0000

I first saw this several years ago and have it on my computer. I wish I could say that every part is solidly true of me, but I can’t. By His grace, I hope that it will be, before my time on this earth is over, but all I can say now is that I *am being transformed* as opposed to “am transformed” or “have been….”

The name Louise Robinson Chapman is very familiar to me, out of my youth; Dr. Nina Gunter…maybe. I’ll have to check with my mom.

Anyway, thanks for posting this piece. It is a challenge!

By: Judith Tremblay

Judith Tremblay — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:40:16 +0000

Thanks for posting this!