SOCIAL ACTION AND EVANGELISM: ENVISIONING A NEW RELATIONAL PARADIGM FOR 21ST CENTURY AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY

Abstract

A long-day’s southbound journey on Interstate Highway 35 can try the sanity of the most experienced traveler.  Starting the day in southern Iowa, one can find himself having driven in three states before his first cup of coffee grows cold.  If the voyager, in the proliferation of signage encountered in the Kansas City area, misses those pointing to the I-35 exit, he will quickly find himself traveling on the Kansas Turnpike and recognizing markers identifying the missed exit in the rear-view mirror.  Choosing to remain on the turnpike that is now identified as I-70, the frustrated explorer notices some time later that the signs now read I-335.  Recalling that most three-digit Interstate Highways he has encountered were loops around a major city, his mental state disintegrates to the fringe of paranoia.  Fortunately, less than an hour into this chaotic section of the trip, I-35 merges into the turnpike from the east and the traveler can now breathe a sigh of relief.