It's Chinese New Year (well it was yesterday really) and so it was fun to see some dragon dancing for the first time in a while. The colourful outfits, drumming and well choreographed dancing transport you to a different place, seems so incongruous seeing it moving down the High Street past Poundland!
It made me think a bit about being Christians in our culture. The Bible talks about Christians being in the world but not of the world (John 17.15-18). The dragons today really stood out as something different. But surveys have shown little difference between Christians and non-Christians in our society. What does it mean for Christians to live in such a way that we stand out (for good reasons)? I find it a challenge. I meet many people who seem more generous or kind than me. What makes my decision to follow Jesus, to try and live the way I think He is calling me to live, distinctive?
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