Life Calling Chapter 4 Quiz (Part 1) Flashcards
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.”
Martin Luther King
What does service imply?
That our actions of character are carried out with a sense of responsibility to others.
Ultimate meaning is NOT found 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 ACTION? (vocab)
an exertion of energy, power, or force to accomplish a desired end
What is COMMUNITY? (vocab)
a group sharing common characteristics, interests, and heritage
What is CONCERN? (vocab)
a matter that engages a person’s close attention, deep
interest, or significant care
What is CONNECTION? (vocab)
linking relationship and association that joins, unites, and binds
What is RESPECT? (vocab)
a feeling of appreciative, often deferential, regard and
esteem
What is RESPONSIBILITY? (vocab)
answerable or accountable for something or someone
within our ability, power, or control to care for
What is SERVANTHOOD? (vocab)
the noblest form of love carried out in life’s relationships
“our life of character is meant to be lived out in a
commitment of _____ to others.”
Service
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.
We take actions of character that are carried out with a sense of what two things?
- concern
2. responsibility for others.
What are 5 key concepts that help us understand service?
- Respect
- Community
- Concern
- Responsibility
- Action
What is Respect? (in regards to service)
-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.
What is Community? (in regards to service)
-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.
What is Concern? (in regards to service )
-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.
Why are understanding and experiencing concern very important to the discovery of a Life Calling?
Because every Life Calling includes a significant component of concern; it forms the drawing power that 📖📖gives Life Calling its calling aspect.
What is a pseudo calling?
A pursuit of selfishness.
What is the antithesis of a Life Calling?
Selfishness
What is Responsibility? (in regards to service)
- 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.
What is Action? (In regards to service)
-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.
What are the three levels at which people consider serving others?
1) Force
2) Duty
3) Heart
What is servitude?
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
Further explain the description of the three levels of serving others (force, duty, heart)….
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)
What is necessary for serving to reach the highest level where it is an integral part of our character?
it must develop to the point where it is ongoing,
continuous attitude within us to serve whenever we detect a legitimate need.
What is servanthood?
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.)
Who developed the Mutual Influence Model?
Chris Clum
What is the the Mutual Influence Model?
- 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.
What leads to Mutual Influence?
Servanthood
What are the steps to Mutual Change in the Mutual Influence Model?
- Love and Accept
- Listen and Learn
- Serve and Partner
(which leads people to RESPOND)
What are the steps to Forced Change in the Mutual Influence Model?
- Judge Others
- Correct Others
- Direct Others
(which leads people to RESIST)
What is the common theme that is dominate throughout scripture?
Serving others
What does LUKE 10:30-35 state?
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.
What is one of the greatest stories of compassionate service?
The good Samaritan
The man want to know in the story of the Good Samaritan?
what he could do to secure eternal life for himself.
When Jesus confirmed that the man in the Good Samaritan needed to love God and to love his neighbor, what did the man ask?
“Who is my neighbor?”
What made Martin Luther King stand out from others when speaking to people through his speeches?
He led them to God in a way where people understood what he was saying
What are the two questions people have when you impose your faith on them?
1) what gives you the authority to say that
2) what makes you think your life is better than yours?
What is a a symbiotic dynamic?
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
