I want to mention my Aunt and Uncle because I didn’t know that they were strongly Christian until I was an Adult. I found out when my mother told a story about how they were asked by their church to see Monty Python’s The Life of Brian and judge if it was suitable. They saw it and then went back and saw it again, taking many of their friends from church with them.
No problem comes between them. When a problem arises they are always on each other’s side against the problem. While I am not Christian I do aspire to that sort of attitude within my married life.
The reason they are my Christian heroes is because they uphold the values of Christianity yet ‘preach’ only through example. They are accepting of others be they Christian or not.
– Steave
My Christian hero is my best friend Aaron who I first met in college. With him growing up in southern WV, and myself growing up in northern VA, you’d think that we’d have nothing in common. You’d be right. The only things that we can truly agree on is music (and even there we often differ) and alcohol. However, I have had more thoughtful, insightful, and horizon expanding discussions about anything and everything with this man than anyone else I’ve ever met. Especially on religion. He is a fairly devout fellow, and to be succinct, I am not. Despite this though, we’re still able to maintain a thoughtful discussion, and even change each other’s minds on occasion. His brand of Christianity is like I’ve seen from few others in that he despises the hypocrisy that is rampant throughout organized religion. Currently he is living in Denver CO and attending seminary school so that he can stop simply complaining about it and actually go out and do what he can to remedy it. He sees a problem, and is doing his best to do something about it. If that’s not a hero, I don’t know what is. Oh yeah, he’s currently helping out a single mother of 3 who’s attending the same school as his wife too. Anyone who can not only put up with, but actually encourage my blathering after all these years DEFINITELY deserves some credit.
– Rich
