tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63535302771376344.post9097670520444200567..comments2023-06-25T06:07:14.706-05:00Comments on O-L-I [Opinionated Layman's Input]: When Doing Your Job Makes You HeroicTim Laitinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659772910035894952noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63535302771376344.post-24783962931975302902012-08-18T06:58:03.478-05:002012-08-18T06:58:03.478-05:00Hi Tim,
Great article! I agree with what you said...Hi Tim,<br />Great article! I agree with what you said. Glad I found your blog. Also read your blog on Brown - very well said. Loved your quote on Jesus being all our "P"s. He is my provider, my peace, my prince, my power, my protector, my prosperity, my purpose for living! How blessed I am to be His child, know my destiny, and have you as my brother in Him! Joanne<br />Oma Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01335017395539038359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63535302771376344.post-22393099446939433902012-08-17T11:51:23.869-05:002012-08-17T11:51:23.869-05:00Dave, I would say that being a cross-cultural miss...Dave, I would say that being a cross-cultural missionary, particularly in a jungle environment, is a job so fraught with variables and dangers that job descriptions really don't mean what they mean here in the United States And technically, all believers are called to view life differently than secularists around us. If this security guard in DC is born-again, he would have likely engaged the intruder in whatever capacity was necessary because he was confident of his eternal destiny. I'll admit I didn't think much about cross-cultural missions when I wrote this. However, I'm not sure that invalidates my point, that if people are entrusted with the physical lives of others, shouldn't they be paid accordingly?Tim Laitinenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659772910035894952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63535302771376344.post-86173408445855316662012-08-17T10:27:38.133-05:002012-08-17T10:27:38.133-05:00Well, I'm rather ambivalent on this, Tim. Wou...Well, I'm rather ambivalent on this, Tim. Would you not call the five missionaries who were killed in Ecuador in 1956 heroes? I rather doubt they'd refer to themselves like that. They'd probably say they were 'just' doing their job.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12736276320585369788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63535302771376344.post-46548166721760406372012-08-16T10:28:59.109-05:002012-08-16T10:28:59.109-05:00I LOVE this post, Tim. Great angle; one that nobod...I LOVE this post, Tim. Great angle; one that nobody else has bothered taking. I, too, that it was strange that other outlets were calling someone a hero without telling us us name. At World, we did: http://www.worldmag.com/webextra/19849<br /><br />As far as weapons and pay, I totally agree. My brother is a security guard at a multi-billion dollar Intel campus in Oregon, yet he's underpaid and unarmed. It's ridiculous. J.C. Derrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16644260446858427111noreply@blogger.com