Life Calling Chapter 4 Quiz (Part 1)

Question 1

Who said…..”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 interrelated structure of reality.”

Answer 1

Martin Luther King

Question 2

What does service imply?

Answer 2

That our actions of character are carried out with a sense of responsibility to others.

Question 3

Ultimate meaning is NOT found in self-centeredness but in_______..?

Answer 3

community-connectedness with a deep awareness of and for the condition of others characterized by empathy and compassion.

Question 4

What is ACTION? (vocab)

Answer 4

an exertion of energy, power, or force to accomplish a desired end

Question 5

What is COMMUNITY? (vocab)

Answer 5

a group sharing common characteristics, interests, and heritage

Question 6

What is CONCERN? (vocab)

Answer 6

a matter that engages a person’s close attention, deep

interest, or significant care

Question 7

What is CONNECTION? (vocab)

Answer 7

linking relationship and association that joins, unites, and binds

Question 8

What is RESPECT? (vocab)

Answer 8

a feeling of appreciative, often deferential, regard and

esteem

Question 9

What is RESPONSIBILITY? (vocab)

Answer 9

answerable or accountable for something or someone

within our ability, power, or control to care for

Question 10

What is SERVANTHOOD? (vocab)

Answer 10

the noblest form of love carried out in life’s relationships

Question 11

“our life of character is meant to be lived out in a

commitment of _____ to others.”

Answer 11

Service

Question 12

What is Life Connection?

Answer 12

The mind-set of community where we value others with respect and seek to understand them in a spirit of community.

Question 13

We take actions of character that are carried out with a sense of what two things?

Answer 13

1. concern

2. responsibility for others.

Question 14

What are 5 key concepts that help us understand service?

Answer 14

1. Respect
2. Community
3. Concern
4. Responsibility
5. Action

Question 15

What is Respect? (in regards to service)

Answer 15

-every person on earth has a similar
personal place in the universe and must be given the same respect
-that we serve others in a way that does not rob them of their dignity.
-We will seek to honor, rather than demean, those we serve.

Question 16

What is Community? (in regards to service)

Answer 16

-an interacting body of individuals with common characteristics or interests.
-we need to be a part of those we serve, rather
than staying apart from those we serve.

Question 17

What is Concern? (in regards to service )

Answer 17

-regard for someone else that engages our close attention, deep interest, or signifi-
cant care.
- make sure truly it’s fulfilling a need of those we serve rather than just addressing problems that bother us.

Question 18

Why are understanding and experiencing concern very important to the discovery of a Life Calling?

Answer 18

Because every Life Calling includes a significant component of concern; it forms the drawing power that 📖📖gives Life Calling its calling aspect.

Question 19

What is a pseudo calling?

Answer 19

A pursuit of selfishness.

Question 20

What is the antithesis of a Life Calling?

Answer 20

Selfishness

Question 21

What is Responsibility? (in regards to service)

Answer 21

• a sense of obligation, and this social force will demand courses of action.
• It can be ignored, but it cannot be avoided.
• How we respond will determine at what level service is realized in our life and whether or not we will truly experience the drawing force of a Life Calling.

Question 22

What is Action? (In regards to service)

Answer 22

-Includes people who serve each other in a commu-
nity exert energy, power, or force to accomplish a desired end for each-other.
- the most productive action for discovering a Life Calling is action arising from compassionate service to others in our world community.

Question 23

What are the three levels at which people consider serving others?

Answer 23

1) Force
2) Duty
3) Heart

Question 24

What is servitude?

Answer 24

When we are forced to serve others, we comply with our bodies, but our minds and spirits resist.
- Basically you are doing it but deep inside you know you rather not be doing it

Question 25

Further explain the description of the three levels of serving others (force, duty, heart)….

Answer 25

Force- Serving another person involuntarily (body)
Duty- Serving another person out of a sense of duty or obligation (mind)
Heart- Serving another person from an attitude that is always present (spirit)

Question 26

What is necessary for serving to reach the highest level where it is an integral part of our character?

Answer 26

it must develop to the point where it is ongoing,

continuous attitude within us to serve whenever we detect a legitimate need.

Question 27

What is servanthood?

Answer 27

Love acted out continually in life’s relationships in a way that places the needs of others before one’s own self interests.
- Highest level of serving
(However, this should be carried out without burning yourself out, otherwise you will have nothing left to offer in service.)

Question 28

Who developed the Mutual Influence Model?

Answer 28

Chris Clum

Question 29

What is the the Mutual Influence Model?

Answer 29

• It examines attitudes that exist when we interact with others who are different from us.
• It characterizes the natural tendencies of people to judge and control in an attempt to force change on others.

Question 30

What leads to Mutual Influence?

Answer 30

Servanthood

Question 31

What are the steps to Mutual Change in the Mutual Influence Model?

Answer 31

1. Love and Accept
2. Listen and Learn
3. Serve and Partner
   (which leads people to RESPOND)

Question 32

What are the steps to Forced Change in the Mutual Influence Model?

Answer 32

1. Judge Others
2. Correct Others
3. Direct Others
   (which leads people to RESIST)

Question 33

What is the common theme that is dominate throughout scripture?

Answer 33

Serving others

Question 34

What does LUKE 10:30-35 state?

Answer 34

A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead…A Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two silver
coins and gave them to the innkeeper. “Look after him,” he said, “and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.

Question 35

What is one of the greatest stories of compassionate service?

Answer 35

The good Samaritan

Question 36

The man want to know in the story of the Good Samaritan?

Answer 36

what he could do to secure eternal life for himself.

Question 37

When Jesus confirmed that the man in the Good Samaritan needed to love God and to love his neighbor, what did the man ask?

Answer 37

“Who is my neighbor?”

Question 38

What made Martin Luther King stand out from others when speaking to people through his speeches?

Answer 38

He led them to God in a way where people understood what he was saying

Question 39

What are the two questions people have when you impose your faith on them?

Answer 39

1) what gives you the authority to say that

2) what makes you think your life is better than yours?

Question 40

What is a a symbiotic dynamic?

Answer 40

The parts are reliant on each other and the result is infinitely more effective than if the individual parts tried to exist on their own
-AKA… The Fabric of Society