Grace Without Margins: Chapter Two

The Calling

     I have been reading an interesting book, the speed of dark by Elizabeth Moon.  It is written from the perspective of a young man affected by autism.  I am trying to become like him as I read it...thinking like he thinks...feeling what he feels.  He definitely seems to be in the margins of society.
     In chapter two of, Grace Without Margins, I talk about those marginalized by society.  Dictionary.com has one of the harshest definitions of "margin." It is "a limit in condition, capacity, etc., beyond or below which something ceases to exist, be desirable, or be possible."  When you think of that definition in terms of people, that is really concerning.
     When I think of the marginalized, I think of people that are not in the spotlight, they are overlooked, they are left out and not valued as much as those in the mainstream of society.  Here are some questions to think about and discuss:

• What does it mean for a group of people to be marginalized?
• Have you ever been in the margins?  How did you feel?
• Do you feel God is calling you to serve a specific group of people? How are they in the margins?