A Crash

Well, I did it! I actually finished a book! The Barbarian Way by Erwin Raphael McManus. If you're looking for a challenge to live outside the box of civilized Christianity, this is the book for you!

Towards the end of the book he talks about his visit to the wildlife animal park near San Diego, while he's there he realizes the uniqueness of the different animal groups and how they dwell together. For instance.... a group of buzzards waiting around to feast on leftover carnage is called a committee, a group of flamingos are called flamboyants, a group of owls is a parliment, and a group of rhinos is called a crash... You can pick out the parallels yourself..

McManus goes on to talk a little more in depth about the rhinos/the crash. They can run up to 30 mph. Although rhinos can only see 30 feet in front of them they still run at 30mph. If you could only see 30 feet in front of you, would you run that fast? McManus challenges the reader to run forward as a barbarian tribe and become a human version of a rhino crash. Like the rhinos, the future is uncertain, we can't see or fathom what's in the distance. However, we must move forward with confidence, stop wasting time being afraid of what we can't/don't know BUT move forward because of what we do know. Just because we can't see what's 30 feet ahead of us doesn't mean we can't see what's right in front of us... will you hear and see the cries of the lost that God has placed in your path?

"Stay off the paved road"