The Taoist Christian?

The Taoist-inclined Christian is one who trusts

1. that Christianity is a way of living not a set of answers;
2. that the winds of the spirit blow in many directions, and that humans can be refreshed by these winds even if they are not Christian; 
3. that we live and move and have our being within the larger context of the Ten Thousand Things, each of which deserves respect, 
4. that the good life lies in living simply and honestly, without pretense and needing to be noticed;  
5. that spontaneous actions, which are natural and devoid of self-consciousness, can be a form of spirituality in their own right; 
6. that one key to understanding life is to imitate water, with its freedom to adapt to new circumstances in fresh ways, 
7. that blind ambition is a dead end and gentleness of spirit a high ideal, 
8.  that the people who are closest to truth are those who don’t speak about it at all, because they know the wisdom of silence. 

Wouldn’t it be nice if all Christians became ever more sensitive to howness and not so preoccupied with whatness, especially with what people believe? Wouldn’t it be nice if, in learning from Taoism, Christians became more…Christian?  We can hope.

~ exceprted from Wouldn’t It Be Nice if Christians Became Taoists? Hope for the Emerging Christian Church 
by Bruce Epperly and Jay McDaniel