So, as tradition at this rate, Sunday is the day in which I do my religious talking, but I'll save that for the end. Why? Because DnD and very poorly made priorities. So I have started another campaign for DnD (and am debating maybe hosting a campaign but I'll think about that one more before I commit). So in this campaign, we are dropped into a world with nothing, and we are completely amnesiac save for our abilities and personalities and names (all else is gone). This is a Pathfinder campaign, and a few of my friends are playing for the first time, while the only experienced people are me (with a few campaigns), my friend Zac (who made a bard into a lich cause he was reaaaaally good) and the DM. However, I have now discovered my new favorite species for a tabletop. The species is called a Gripplis. They are small sized (2 feet tall) sentient frog humanoids. Now, I love this idea, mainly because I played Chrono Trigger for a while and my favorite character in the game was Frog (a hero who was cursed and became a Frog-man for trying to escape his duty and give it to his friend). However, I am also a rogue with an extreme will to survive... and I nearly died the first encounter we had. So now I have my plans. Since I am amnesiac (but with really high stats since I rolled very well) frog, in order to role play my character, I plan on having a hidden agenda that is basically searching for immortality. At the same time (should my party become my friends) I am a more loyal friend and won't want to harm them in my plot for not dying. But for now, I need to plan on how to gain information on what I should do.
And now, for the religious stuff.
So what I want to talk about this time is some interesting things that my professor mentioned in class for New Testament. This has to do with Acts again, specifically with the conversion of Lydia the Seller of Purple. Brother Griffin talked about several things that caught my attention about this person. The first was that Lydia was, most likely, one of the richer people in the city and, despite being a woman, had her own household of servants and such and had the money. The next, more interesting one was how Luke (the author of acts and at the time there) and his companions found her. Brother Griffin described it as basically the missionaries going like "Hey, we are having no success among the men, so lets say hi to the women." The next thing he mentioned was that if the head of the household (Lydia in this case) was converted then the whole household normally would follow. But what really struck me about his lesson was that he mentioned how, with callings in the early church, the servants and slaves could potentially have religious authority over their masters. and despite this, the people in the church made it work. Even if the religious leader in one specific area was a slave, he was still able to do his calling. In God's eyes, being a slave or a head of a household was unimportant to his church. What was important was your ability to fulfill his calling and serve him in faith. And that somehow, despite social norms at the time, he was able to communicate this to his early church and have them work together and worship and serve in faith was amazing. I am thankful for that lesson I learned that day from Professor Griffin, and am thankful for what it has shown me.
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