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By living incarnationally we not only model the pattern of humanity set up in the Incarnation but we also create space for mission to take place in organic ways. In this way mission becomes something that ‘fits’ seamlessly into the ordinary rhythms of life, friendships, and community and is thus thoroughly contextualized. Thus these ‘practices’ form a working basis for genuine incarnational mission. But they also provide us with an entry point into an authentic experience of Jesus and His mission. Lindy Croucher, a missionary to the poor in a order called UNOH, likens living incarnationally to the scene in Mary Poppins where Mary takes hold of the children’s hands and steps into the painting. She says that for her, incarnational mission has been like “stepping into the Gospels.” She feels that she is “living inside the Gospels” for the first time.
