anonymous

Going along the lines of my previous post about recognition being its own reward, I was thinking about a sermon Alicia Chole gave at a CMF (campus missions fellowship) service last year.

After expressing her excitement for what our generation seems like it's going to accomplish missionally, she spoke on 9 woes that await those who deviate from the path that God wants us to take. I can't remember exactly how she worded it, but one of the woes was aimed at those who would misuse ministry as a cover to make a name for themselves. It was only one of her 9 points, but it stuck with me.

I just googled her to see if I could find a blog or something, and I found an awesome video preview (she's so smiley) for this book I am going to read as soon as I can get my hands on it: anonymous.

Aside from the obvious problems with isolationism, in this broadcast-everything world, there is a huge temptation to focus on marketing oneself before "being misunderstood, persecuted, and ignored" to develop character. This is proving to be a huge mistake (I can think of a few Christian celebrity examples), and one that I sometimes have a desire to commit. Hopefully this book will give me the encouragement to stay in obscurity as long as God would have me stay a nobody...even if its a lifetime.