Othering vs. One Anothering | Combating the Loneliness Epidemic
Romans 12:9-16
OTHERING is putting a barrier up between yourself and another.
Othering not only puts DISTANCE, it DEVALUES.
Community that devalues another doesn’t wait long to DEVALUE you.
Jesus turns “others” into NEIGHBORS.
“Be devoted to one another”
PHILEO + STORGE
The Church should not be SELECTIVE or SECRETIVE.
The Church should not HURT.
Three practices:
- CONTACT
- READING
- EMOTION spotting (Map your emotions throughout the week using the following Energy/Pleasantness graph:
