Mr.Bilson: Diaspora Preferences...

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Diaspora Preferences...

I had a hilarious conversation with a good friend just now. He is a diaspora Christian like myself who was born from a traditional Indian family but brought up outside South Asia, in Africa to be precise. The comedy started when his Grandma found out that he was dating a white girl.

My friend's Grandma decided to express her concern over my friend's relationship. Mixed marriages or marriages of different cultures is a foreign concept to her. She was seemed unaccepting and unyielding to my friend's, 'preference.' She expressed her desire for him to marry someone a little more in tune with their cultural background and questioned whether my friend knew where his/her cultural roots are.

My friend, in turn, told her that he did know where his cultural roots are. They are in AFRICA!

Ha! Ha! Har! I found this rebuttal quite hilarious!

You probably don't but that is because you weren't there. It was one of those, "You have to be there to understand moments."

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PMC Christmas Drama!

"One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."

2He said to them, "When you pray, say:
" 'Father,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come.
3Give us each day our daily bread.
4Forgive us our sins,
for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.
And lead us not into temptation.' "

5Then he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and he goes to him at midnight and says, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, 6because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him.'

7"Then the one inside answers, 'Don't bother me. The door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.' 8I tell you, though he will not get up and give him the bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man's boldness he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

9"So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

(Luke 11:1-10)

Hello Dear Friends,

We are in the creative process of putting together another drama for PMC's Christmas Event. We decided to outsource this time and taken a little draft of a script from a wonderful saint. It is the first time we are doing it like this. We need allot of prayer. Can you pray for us? Here is our list!

That the message of Christ will bear real, lasting fruit.
Pray against fleshly impulses (outbursts of anger and dissensions are a couple of them...)
Pray against fear and being nervous!
Pray against deception, lies and communication barriers.
Pray for patience and protection in spirit and health of the laborers.
Pray for quality props (We have bigger ideas this time that really need God!)
Pray that process will bring people together.

Thanks for everything!

Mr. Bilson

Mr. Bilson fancies God and His Word, live music, film and humor. Mr. Bilson is a mindless mystery. A consciousness contained in flesh and wrapped in skin. A phenomenon. An enigma. He is created in the image of God. A thrill seeker, wanderer, contemplator. Mr. Bilson loves to travel and expand his mind and seeks to understand and reflect a deeper love for God. He cannot be tamed or controlled. Yet God tempers him with His unconditional love. Mr. Bilson refuses to exist but prefers to live the abundant life promised by Jesus. He is passionate. He can be sensitive and an emotional cess pool. He enjoys being loved by others and enjoys loving others. He is learning, growing, producing, understanding, reading, writing, filming, running, walking, sleeping, sitting, shaving, showing, telling, caring, going, reflecting, coming, getting, giving, gaining, focusing, picturing, visioning and even separating. Come into his world and see existence through different eyes. It will be daring!