{"id":3345,"date":"2012-09-26T10:15:42","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T15:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/?p=3345"},"modified":"2012-09-26T10:15:42","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T15:15:42","slug":"the-role-of-a-servant-in-the-context-of-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/2012\/09\/the-role-of-a-servant-in-the-context-of-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"The role of a servant in the context of violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps the role of a servant is to build someone else up to greatness ahead of oneself. In giving up our own notions of superiority, we can truly hear what it is our community needs in order to function best.\u00a0\u00a0 The simple act of affirming another\u2019s worth by listening, teaching, or even challenging can be an act of service to one\u2019s community.\u00a0 I remember as a freshman in college how I learned what it meant to be valued when my roommate and I made time to pray for each other every evening.\u00a0 The act was simple, but the effect has been so long lasting.\u00a0 If by sacrificially loving another, we can help move them toward wholeness, then this is what a servant should be.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just loving another though that makes someone a servant.\u00a0 Of course this is a large part of love.\u00a0 But the very act of love requires that it is done in relationship with someone else.\u00a0 In other words, we have to be together in community in order to truly serve one another in love.\u00a0 As Jesus taught the disciples in Mark 10 about how their path to greatness could be forged, he challenged them to go against the norms of the societal path to greatness.\u00a0 In order to achieve any kind of power, the disciples were instructed to become slaves to one another.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->In Mexico, our partners at the Family Development Foundation (FDF) challenge the status-quo of power gained through violence in their community.\u00a0 They believe that everyone deserves an education and to be heard, and that this is often best accomplished if done together.\u00a0 Families seek peace in their homes together after learning about conflict resolution while mothers and children serve other members of their community together.\u00a0 In these times of togetherness, there is more power present than if they were to live life according to the norm.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3346 alignright\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/08\/Foot-washing-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/08\/Foot-washing-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/08\/Foot-washing-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>This togetherness is something treasured among the community at FDF. When describing their recent leadership training, the director of FDF told of how they were all reminded of the humility needed to serve one another in love.\u00a0 After sharing in a foot washing ceremony and passing words of affirmation with one another, those in attendance knew the presence of God was among them.\u00a0 How else could a city of so much violence offer a place of such peace and love?\u00a0 In this moment, they felt like family. 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