There’s an interesting little book called The Radical Leap by Steve Farber. It’s worth reading if you get a chance. Here’s a little snippet from it: Skateboarders developed baggy pants so they could wear kneepads under their clothes. But most people who wear baggy clothes have never even touched a skateboard. They’re called posers; they want you to think they’re risk takers and real skaters can’t stand them. Posers try to grab the skaters glory without putting themselves at risk. But wearing the pants doesn’t make you a skater, wearing spandex doesn’t make you a cyclist, looking at the world through Oakley shades doesn’t make you a snowboarder, saying dude doesn’t make you a surfer, and in business printing leader on your calling card doesn’t mean squat...
On Good Friday, Christians reflect on the cross of Christ. In so doing, we reflect on what it means for us to take up our own cross in being faithful to Jesus. We remember that to wear or profess the cross without being willing to truly suffer, sacrifice deeply, and surrender our self interests in the service of Love is to be the posers of the Christian world.
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