The document discusses two passages about how we should view and interact with others. The first passage notes that we should not view others as ordinary or mortal, but as immortal beings deserving of respect. It also says our interactions with others should involve playfulness but also taking people seriously with real love and charity. The second passage discusses how the Great Commission of spreading the gospel is often thought of as something for other countries, but it is most needed within our own churches in Europe and North America where disparities threaten to spread. We are responsible for implementing the Great Commission where we are, not just raising efforts elsewhere.

16. “ There are NO Ordinary People….You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilization—these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit—immortal horrors or everlasting splendors…”

17. “ This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously—no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption. And our charity must be a real and costly love.” (C.S. Lewis — “The Weight of Glory” )

20. “ People in Western churches, and especially in North America, usually assume without thinking that the Great Commission of Jesus is something to be carried out in other countries….But in fact the primary mission field for the Great Commission today is made of the churches in Europe and North America. That is where the Great Disparity is most visible, and from where it threatens to spread to the rest of the world….”

21. “ Our responsibility is to implement the Great Commission right where we are, not just raise efforts to do it elsewhere. And if we don ’ t, it won ’ t even be implemented ‘ over there. ’ ” (Dallas Willard — “The Great Omission” )