Ch. 4 Flashcards
” All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny…I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the inter-related structure of reality”
Martin Luther King Jr.
What is the garment in MLK Jr.’s quote referring to?
Fabric of society - like a quilt
You affect other people around you. You are only as strong as the cloths that binds you. Everything you do matters.
What is the triangle/pyramid? Example
Preying off of people under you. Using others to become higher.
Jewish leaders
What is an active classroom?
Thinking in a teamwork manner, dealing with problems at the moment, how you respond as a team
When do you reach your peak achievement?
When you love God and love others
Which of the three section of foundational values goes under loving God and which goes under loving others?
Loving God: faith, character
Loving others: service
What do faith, character, and service value?
Faith (identify): our values in regard to reality
Character (sharpen): our values of ourselves
Service (apply): our values of others
Matthew 7:12
What does it refer to?
“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and Prophets.” Refers to the Old Testament
Where is ultimate meaning found?
Ultimate meaning is found not in self-centeredness but in community-connectedness with a deep awareness of and for the condition of others characterized by empathy and compassion.
What is the qualitative statement of MLK Jr.’s quote?
Having to decide if community-connectedness is true
What is faith?
The premises we adopt about our existence
What is character?
Integrates our premises into the actual living out of our existence
What is service to other defined as?
Life Connection
What is Life Connection?
the mind-set of community where we value others with respect and seek to understand them in a spirit of community
What are things people want to avoid (for others)?
Responsibility
Obligation
Duty
1 Peter 4:10
“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”
(what you see as needs for other people is what you need to fulfill)
List the 5 concepts of how service assists our Life Calling.
Respect, community, concern, responsibility, and action
What is respect?
Serving others in a way that does not rob them of their dignity
What is the selfish perspective? 3
“I know how to live someone’s life better than they do.”
- assumption
- judgment
- does not equal respect
What is the God perspective?
“But by the grace of God - There go I!”
How does Jason “respect” Romero?
Thinking he can live Romero’s life better than Romero does