Randy and Edith are this way for the First Nations people of North America. We are thankful for their efforts on behalf of all of us. Our loving Father God is answering His Son's prayer in John 17. Randy Woodley's fine and timely book clarifies for our minds and hearts that unity is not uniformity or conformity. Neither is it mere acceptance, condescension or tolerance.
Unity is active celebration of diversity.
It is good to read the work of a man who knows that getting along is not compromise that reduces all to less, but the laying down of life for one another within the cultural context of each, so that every man is appreciated, met and enabled to become his own glory in the kaleidoscope of beauty that God, who loves variety, is creating. What Randy teaches is vital if we are to reveal Jesus to the hungry and usher in the end times. This book is very much needed in our world today and a must to read. Randy very eloquently, yet very clearly, states what is the truth behind each people group. That is, God created all things to be different from one another, so diversity among people groups and their cultures is part of His creation and plan.