%PDF-1.7 1 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Outlines 2 0 R /Pages 3 0 R >> endobj 2 0 obj << /Type /Outlines /Count 0 >> endobj 3 0 obj << /Type /Pages /Kids [6 0 R 25 0 R ] /Count 2 /Resources << /ProcSet 4 0 R /Font << /F1 8 0 R /F2 9 0 R /F3 10 0 R /F4 11 0 R /F5 12 0 R /F6 13 0 R /F7 15 0 R >> /XObject << /I1 21 0 R /I2 22 0 R /I3 27 0 R /I4 28 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS1 17 0 R /GS2 18 0 R /GS3 19 0 R /GS4 20 0 R /GS5 23 0 R /GS6 24 0 R >> >> /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] >> endobj 4 0 obj [/PDF /Text /ImageC ] endobj 5 0 obj << /Producer (dompdf 1.0.2 + CPDF) /CreationDate (D:20241222093240+00'00') /ModDate (D:20241222093240+00'00') >> endobj 6 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] /Parent 3 0 R /Contents 7 0 R >> endobj 7 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 2214 >> stream xXnF+nv &՛1 4f,JdIdLUg$Y̹EYj ->s}>EH̋JKLAt&۱ 4}:ot[|\P~8x*Z^]P ċ[ilx3-5W>׋KN^ <LFv%㏿f0ak(v, 8u`e?vxY4b8 q&x{iLL2:IhƮ$iSO =iKV}\wk~g9 o8)U`M zy4tF $YE鞂qkYkzmԎyww/=?che aԢ]m]Ks:KґAa ?$; R+$8;nК'xBi & ^tK!1KяUjKGQ34qz˳h H#avJ1j-\iZT8*&V[{#ڐhInmAv8Jdѝ*܌H!iƦt 9!`xT.>T`RŹZC[5#'R-˯ǥ0kYR# t]#P]!vQԮu#P1u+-kmE16j4xE=Aֆ$Hx[Eum=xz2wziW4GJZtb+[0Pednơm[<4rގ(be^KnD^ڢP+ٴ@ufFYynӨTSr"qx*>'=Aqw0 Qw~J+Dil?sçMtȋXp+?$'5a-6eOB@`6pF2[,@auq3֪^ra ܥ_vper_QfV4^"v\INj}GjWN<FP OW? h9w$r&Mk\xzVIkl@jk[!s@+AtFUҼܩ 7?5ԢxFͽúI~OǁmL4|儖^bj/\*ecɲA{ZZ6dY7@]FfwC`!eĉ+(lIXIzʆ~x7L$8 xJ[%򷲗(P9lZsIGSl+Ό{ϵ^$5 \ }ȉ\',?K+=piiʞ1][} ʶ޾k6Gl  GWt\UWpKi_[5)3OqO!BI7!UfF|/yЛڊRdYBƼ] F/t+HۡXȸNy6o>ӆcoto%sj@k}? endstream endobj 8 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F1 /BaseFont /Helvetica /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 9 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F2 /BaseFont /Times-Bold /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 10 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F3 /BaseFont /Times-Roman /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 11 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F4 /BaseFont /Helvetica-Bold /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 12 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F5 /BaseFont /Times-BoldItalic /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 13 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F6 /BaseFont /Times-Italic /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 14 0 obj [6 0 R /Fit] endobj 15 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F7 /BaseFont /Times-Roman /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 16 0 obj [6 0 R /Fit] endobj 17 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /ca 0.67 >> endobj 18 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /CA 0.67 >> endobj 19 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /ca 1 >> endobj 20 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /CA 1 >> endobj 21 0 obj << /Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Width 550 /Height 140 /Filter /FlateDecode /DecodeParms << /Predictor 15 /Colors 1 /Columns 550 /BitsPerComponent 8>> /ColorSpace /DeviceGray /BitsPerComponent 8 /Length 5329>> stream xqDǯ뺒$ILfff&I335Lf2\3I2L&_3$3I$d+$\W=9y9lLss99P`0 `0 `0 `0 !U_:~u = F~sZŻدns⃪Qg¢G(F[-s͓^ DZ>d>3Dr#\OΉ, ZFwjux<;4Ƀxز#_v?nO<|{7c(b{Oū}w[N e~Hs䎷wwOn<1B.k+%U=eԘ -mCj)t:}c'ϓ*n"-ovkZ?R"V%wʶ7s]eX&eǕq` 1-2e JYHCFOUam 7:(Ԙt_@ހN t{B~ :V@}o#7!z^&zFL:ʤn X<- %"bNWqF c` M'4?cH-V`ǵAF>=#Ěm75dB I&7E5<>-͏їFǿl3M6x]Y&)2 FoΌ N.<t i4wL\^=_|Fo؏IȄ ik$ɄL?{?|tmCޮ=~T&iTevϷ'奔s?EꋄLPY͹箵?@L:Aˤ3y_:9AtA*0qVe- e6g)%a}.qKcI V/xʤzM|\ HSql0;*%+Mذ-闛obebu2iU&lLbtIcxb5^B#8 ޮaʻ _ w>j+L:$"&O;bZ K1 jmU玫ݢ=S/J<WO2'_yUPvp=`"aL5 Nl7"rlQT޼==-I[Se* F'(\`󴯉'{:נnVZ TG6*r$Tyx^LJū.C<3` %ANrxUo"˄ 0&$tO F&bIcW3GG͈ y!{m,LkCI d,(2"@ dR%F1thUL8Rݒ^+v9^?sʯYעDl~Qd" N2sc|ov}=F,3K#vxIvG^,[OM&wI[#,Jޙ\ض;L^fv[LbyYvM#/EI#/Zס$(ڼ ," &LK/IF i-Zx彰픢]MKeR n(PhV'LҸ\f$w/ e]"mɷWO߻˱ KerSPe (ӼGMȈ}X?ʍto7ZKl+81_Y&ǡd uʤ1Vw!sQ"/$zNkw(t)2BWQW"˄OXLp:e‡# וzn2F}qlc5ؾ:WH xLz LP:d# Q>(MRېd2Qt$o~R$YR5,-nޜLr_βehd" 2k1lvO X= eC p+[R=jU!֖}_DޟY2 (*wkZQ>Fl̲soR#^u3hhyTԲt.LtD8sk4z4Rbl@zp4hy0Tn\=.fnő Y/:TC9<@fSI$:QR/bq7DfR/ֻn)Vqd"䳽˄GL;ϝRG顼n&%Sv eFv,L"t}I&N> D73]$e)( ;]XhL`kSzJlcC$<)깍h}dr,1ܝRM뭍eMa $?e3f8΍҈&P(x+JU5{I 3 M- ;7|#G9 !\œ&=xp2,L{-`?OW":4uܚEadv ~9q.VdV%UT@73$@W¯B!ݒaVLH:!opr;gAɀiήpfߙR E/IDO*Luf0}{7mfyDxT.g)w5RvHx#Z]&M$ gZUTt+lZqZ_;a&JaG,-JLJDFIcV|:I3nB&;N0Lna=Y_Gl,p5,,kc EKgd;2vt7selT9˸sX޲.6r<1!| L0lTMS1?Xsf cq )KSgBB&׭x. v c@^Yk΀v],E[ɾ QhYyXXC2)g/J@su1ScL, ?C[{V2i͛!סӠ&> 6lu>4Ƕʤ|=12鱧l{^:a/Y%~].26G: p^CZ V&Vedҟ?RrX7d#I]ՕuL1 ?_ /12IEh ̴b<ӯ^e _ϝ䰻^]vy> /ColorSpace /DeviceRGB /BitsPerComponent 8 /Length 873>> stream x1j08-K/)],) &gi+:U̲\"9H!@"9H!@"9H!@eY.Z[p_E{QHKV[/`j%ʒcP,SX4W{7urd5ɱPr:-ֆʇX$$zfZpClbw7z{[]qGlwlGlZiM,ߺ7x}w` L9=3zpWL9 j)ۓB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$e]k` B$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$/؋ endstream endobj 23 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /CA 0.3 >> endobj 24 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /ca 0.3 >> endobj 25 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] /Parent 3 0 R /Contents 26 0 R >> endobj 26 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 1188 >> stream xVM6ﯘ`ÕeKS4G"^ZY%R%)HFr `{-^ْ8{Cejt'?{AKf*2w/iYL?FۂkzxE2zl>=yupg}ڝ,,{r:+Mӎ-^P\iDZ2ZVgzz=oqmVj&pIc) {mg L͊Zb LxdDM|T{B ab LfYJ ܡ<>?9OfJ3abOA;g9`CX;}M\SmlL+ piL4`3@y ȃ AB-> R_ZL'FCk`8nPz Ա#@z=C`׵ETt` h@gBio3qVLjHa`_1XA z4Z'm֚}{LNhM/y+";85Ј9 e-*+R~{j:JэU*N)&KI0x-. u&0\ՠ4xWHZH;QBQ "4H#_ͼ*nbnN@6ٺdiX0Ol{i EC+zaLp4~lfUk/oW'5Ug 0/2cvEy(ʧy~Lrwn.hq*-|17iqTڮ\l̷Vmj)]ZUGĹY(.KUr?WlCy4 endstream endobj 27 0 obj << /Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Width 550 /Height 140 /Filter /FlateDecode /DecodeParms << /Predictor 15 /Colors 1 /Columns 550 /BitsPerComponent 8>> /ColorSpace /DeviceGray /BitsPerComponent 8 /Length 5329>> stream xqDǯ뺒$ILfff&I335Lf2\3I2L&_3$3I$d+$\W=9y9lLss99P`0 `0 `0 `0 !U_:~u = F~sZŻدns⃪Qg¢G(F[-s͓^ DZ>d>3Dr#\OΉ, ZFwjux<;4Ƀxز#_v?nO<|{7c(b{Oū}w[N e~Hs䎷wwOn<1B.k+%U=eԘ -mCj)t:}c'ϓ*n"-ovkZ?R"V%wʶ7s]eX&eǕq` 1-2e JYHCFOUam 7:(Ԙt_@ހN t{B~ :V@}o#7!z^&zFL:ʤn X<- %"bNWqF c` M'4?cH-V`ǵAF>=#Ěm75dB I&7E5<>-͏їFǿl3M6x]Y&)2 FoΌ N.<t i4wL\^=_|Fo؏IȄ ik$ɄL?{?|tmCޮ=~T&iTevϷ'奔s?EꋄLPY͹箵?@L:Aˤ3y_:9AtA*0qVe- e6g)%a}.qKcI V/xʤzM|\ HSql0;*%+Mذ-闛obebu2iU&lLbtIcxb5^B#8 ޮaʻ _ w>j+L:$"&O;bZ K1 jmU玫ݢ=S/J<WO2'_yUPvp=`"aL5 Nl7"rlQT޼==-I[Se* F'(\`󴯉'{:נnVZ TG6*r$Tyx^LJū.C<3` %ANrxUo"˄ 0&$tO F&bIcW3GG͈ y!{m,LkCI d,(2"@ dR%F1thUL8Rݒ^+v9^?sʯYעDl~Qd" N2sc|ov}=F,3K#vxIvG^,[OM&wI[#,Jޙ\ض;L^fv[LbyYvM#/EI#/Zס$(ڼ ," &LK/IF i-Zx彰픢]MKeR n(PhV'LҸ\f$w/ e]"mɷWO߻˱ KerSPe (ӼGMȈ}X?ʍto7ZKl+81_Y&ǡd uʤ1Vw!sQ"/$zNkw(t)2BWQW"˄OXLp:e‡# וzn2F}qlc5ؾ:WH xLz LP:d# Q>(MRېd2Qt$o~R$YR5,-nޜLr_βehd" 2k1lvO X= eC p+[R=jU!֖}_DޟY2 (*wkZQ>Fl̲soR#^u3hhyTԲt.LtD8sk4z4Rbl@zp4hy0Tn\=.fnő Y/:TC9<@fSI$:QR/bq7DfR/ֻn)Vqd"䳽˄GL;ϝRG顼n&%Sv eFv,L"t}I&N> D73]$e)( ;]XhL`kSzJlcC$<)깍h}dr,1ܝRM뭍eMa $?e3f8΍҈&P(x+JU5{I 3 M- ;7|#G9 !\œ&=xp2,L{-`?OW":4uܚEadv ~9q.VdV%UT@73$@W¯B!ݒaVLH:!opr;gAɀiήpfߙR E/IDO*Luf0}{7mfyDxT.g)w5RvHx#Z]&M$ gZUTt+lZqZ_;a&JaG,-JLJDFIcV|:I3nB&;N0Lna=Y_Gl,p5,,kc EKgd;2vt7selT9˸sX޲.6r<1!| L0lTMS1?Xsf cq )KSgBB&׭x. v c@^Yk΀v],E[ɾ QhYyXXC2)g/J@su1ScL, ?C[{V2i͛!סӠ&> 6lu>4Ƕʤ|=12鱧l{^:a/Y%~].26G: p^CZ V&Vedҟ?RrX7d#I]ՕuL1 ?_ /12IEh ̴b<ӯ^e _ϝ䰻^]vy> /ColorSpace /DeviceRGB /BitsPerComponent 8 /Length 873>> stream x1j08-K/)],) &gi+:U̲\"9H!@"9H!@"9H!@eY.Z[p_E{QHKV[/`j%ʒcP,SX4W{7urd5ɱPr:-ֆʇX$$zfZpClbw7z{[]qGlwlGlZiM,ߺ7x}w` L9=3zpWL9 j)ۓB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$e]k` B$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$/؋ endstream endobj xref 0 29 0000000000 65535 f 0000000009 00000 n 0000000074 00000 n 0000000120 00000 n 0000000496 00000 n 0000000533 00000 n 0000000682 00000 n 0000000785 00000 n 0000003072 00000 n 0000003179 00000 n 0000003287 00000 n 0000003397 00000 n 0000003510 00000 n 0000003625 00000 n 0000003736 00000 n 0000003765 00000 n 0000003875 00000 n 0000003904 00000 n 0000003964 00000 n 0000004024 00000 n 0000004081 00000 n 0000004138 00000 n 0000009713 00000 n 0000010844 00000 n 0000010903 00000 n 0000010962 00000 n 0000011067 00000 n 0000012329 00000 n 0000017904 00000 n trailer << /Size 29 /Root 1 0 R /Info 5 0 R /ID[<2685446a0f06cfd6dfbc4bdc0dd878c6><2685446a0f06cfd6dfbc4bdc0dd878c6>] >> startxref 19035 %%EOF Superman's cellphone | Caring Magazine

Vol. #28

Grace Uncovered

Read Issue

Latest Impact StoriesView All

Popular Topics

PopularView All

Superman’s cellphone

March 30, 2000
3 minute read
Total
0
Shares
0
0
0
Listen to this article

THE BRIDGE BUILDER

engoy
by Geir Engoy –
Cross Cultural Ministries

He steps into a nearby phone booth and voila! out comes Superman!” Oh, how quaint and so not current. You can tell the story about Clark Kent and his alter ego was written way back when. Today, of course, he would have had a cellphone on the belt strap of his blue underwear, offsetting his dashing red leotard. Unless, of course, he would fly swifter than time and miraculously appear in the place to which he would have placed the call. But I digress. The point here has more to do with the obsoleteness of the phone booth for a cutting edge guy like Superman, and it has even more to do with the fact that new inventions make old customs passé.

We are living in dot com days of rapid change and instantaneous access. I read today’s news in the local edition of Süddeutsche Zeitung, India Sun or Aftenposten with a click or two of my computer mouse. I make a call today and I’m in business tomorrow.

There is a major clash between this ambience and the time honored structural system of many of our institutions. If you wanted to get ahead or have your voice heard, you had to pay your dues, go through the ranks, wait your turn and be well connected.

The Salvation Army is not much different: The overwhelming majority of our leadership is Anglo. The Anglos have paid their dues. After all, they were the ones who spread the Salvation Army abroad. They are the ones who have been steering the ship ever since. Over the past couple of decades or so, Salvationinsts from Spanish speaking backgrounds have become better ingrained in the Army tapestry of the Western Territory. Will this group have to “pay their dues” for a hundred years before they are afforded “full membership” and allowed into meaningful leadership positions? What about, say, Laotians, whose track record within the SA is even shorter? Are the leadership models and election procedures of different groups compatible? If the present majority stance is behind the times (phone booth versus cellphone), what ought we to do?

Depending on whom you ask: Rules are to be broken or to be followed. If desired results follow consistent breaking of some rule, the rule is often changed. Is it time to change the way we share leadership of our multi-ethnic body of believers across the Western Territory?

All analogies break down sooner or later. Still, bear with me: A football coach is hired. He may come from within the organization or from outside. In either case he is not new to the sport. Depending on results of the team, he may be fired (where the analogy breaks down!). However, he is sometimes kept on board in a different office position or maybe rehired as a defensive coordinator for another team. Later, he may very well shift into top leadership again, or to another “lesser” position. The point is, his positions do not necessarily escalate in perceived importance. From the “higher” position he takes with him learning which will benefit him in other positions, and vice versa.

It is important to establish our goal. If we produce shoes, we do market research to find out what kind of shoes people want, and how much they will pay for them. The factory that is most effective in answering those needs will prosper. Our goal is Heaven and we must strive for making the road there to be one of service and ministry. By giving voice and making leadership available to all groups the Kingdom will be built according to its components.

Interpreting superman correctly, it isn’t Clark Kent, but only Jesus who fits that description, by modeling for us at once the reality of man’s need and the potential of his future. You also don’t need to duck into a nearby phone booth to reach him; he is closer than the cellphone clipped on your belt.

Download this page as a PDF

You May Also Like