Comments on: Death To Performance – Recap http://www.timothymallon.com/blog/2010/02/11/death-to-performance-recap/ Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: shanna http://www.timothymallon.com/blog/2010/02/11/death-to-performance-recap/comment-page-1/#comment-66 shanna Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:47:23 +0000 http://www.timothymallon.com/blog/?p=370#comment-66 "we see how the pharisee was self righteous and thanking God that he is not like the tax collector." - yes. had never thought about it that way before, that it's possible to be thanking God for something while also being self righteous about it. that is convicting.<br><br>the part about success - it's so true that it's a fight not to be performance centered in our culture and not to value/judge people based on society's definitions of success. i see that in myself. not that it's wrong to enjoy encouragement/affirmation, just that those things aren't the goal, God's glory is, and making much of me is an unfortunate distraction I elevate wrongly.<br><br>also - enjoyed the final line. “we see how the pharisee was self righteous and thanking God that he is not like the tax collector.” – yes. had never thought about it that way before, that it's possible to be thanking God for something while also being self righteous about it. that is convicting.

the part about success – it's so true that it's a fight not to be performance centered in our culture and not to value/judge people based on society's definitions of success. i see that in myself. not that it's wrong to enjoy encouragement/affirmation, just that those things aren't the goal, God's glory is, and making much of me is an unfortunate distraction I elevate wrongly.

also – enjoyed the final line.

]]> By: shanna http://www.timothymallon.com/blog/2010/02/11/death-to-performance-recap/comment-page-1/#comment-44 shanna Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:47:23 +0000 http://www.timothymallon.com/blog/?p=370#comment-44 "we see how the pharisee was self righteous and thanking God that he is not like the tax collector." - yes. had never thought about it that way before, that it's possible to be thanking God for something while also being self righteous about it. that is convicting.<br><br>the part about success - it's so true that it's a fight not to be performance centered in our culture and not to value/judge people based on society's definitions of success. i see that in myself. not that it's wrong to enjoy encouragement/affirmation, just that those things aren't the goal, God's glory is, and making much of me is an unfortunate distraction I elevate wrongly.<br><br>also - enjoyed the final line. “we see how the pharisee was self righteous and thanking God that he is not like the tax collector.” – yes. had never thought about it that way before, that it's possible to be thanking God for something while also being self righteous about it. that is convicting.

the part about success – it's so true that it's a fight not to be performance centered in our culture and not to value/judge people based on society's definitions of success. i see that in myself. not that it's wrong to enjoy encouragement/affirmation, just that those things aren't the goal, God's glory is, and making much of me is an unfortunate distraction I elevate wrongly.

also – enjoyed the final line.

]]> By: timothy mallon » Blog Archive » Death To Performance – Some reflection http://www.timothymallon.com/blog/2010/02/11/death-to-performance-recap/comment-page-1/#comment-43 timothy mallon » Blog Archive » Death To Performance – Some reflection Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:59:33 +0000 http://www.timothymallon.com/blog/?p=370#comment-43 [...] the previous post I did a recap of the [...] [...] the previous post I did a recap of the [...]

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