In the spirit of Peter Rollins book, I have decided to write my own "orthodox heresy" parable. Writing this does not mean that I disagree with the original. I am not trying to alter anything, I merely want to share some of the thoughts that the original parable had pointed out to me.
Along those lines, I want say that if you haven't had a chance to read Peter Rollins' book The Orthodox Heretic, then you really should take the time to do that.
Therefore stay alert, because you do not know the day or the hour. For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his servants and entrusted his property to them. There were 4 servants in all. To one he gave ten talents, to another five talents, to another two, and to another one, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. The one who had received five talents went off right away and put his money to work and gained five more. In the same way, the one who had two gained two more. But the one who had received one talent went out and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money in it. Finally, the one who received ten talents went out and invested some in a friend's business, used some for travelling, and yet more was given to a charity, and the rest he gave to his sick mother. In the end, the investment fell through and he was left with nothing.
The master looked upon his servant, a faithful one for all of these years, and all at once he fell down at his feet and wept. For the master had realized that he had held his love of money above all else; above his friends, who he no longer spent any time with, above his family, as the servant's words of his sick mother reminded him of his own family, which has hadn't seen for many years. He put money above his faithful servants; servants who sacrificed their own dreams to help him live out his own.
'What have I become?' he called out, above the roof tops, to no one in particular.
it's quite interesting to see some blogs about Xining i had lived there 19years,now i study in UK.U teach in Xining?
I used to live there, near Min Zu Xue Yuan. Just moved back to Canada.