{"id":404,"date":"2017-11-17T23:57:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T23:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/index.php\/2017\/11\/17\/some-like-it-hot\/"},"modified":"2017-11-17T23:57:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T23:57:07","slug":"some-like-it-hot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/index.php\/impact-news\/some-like-it-hot\/","title":{"rendered":"Some like it hot!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-403\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/serving-food.jpg\" alt=\"serving food\" width=\"400\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/serving-food.jpg 400w, https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/serving-food-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?page_id=610\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shane Bennett<\/a> of the Mission Catalyst blog has written the following post about the vast differences that exist between hot and cold cultural values to help us relate to Muslims the Jesus way.<\/p>\n<p>Shane Bennett wrote:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy name is Khalid! If you need anything, ANYTHING, you ask me!\u201d Hand outstretched. Six two frame barreling down the sidewalk! If I\u2019d run and hid, you wouldn\u2019t have blamed me! But I stood my ground. I\u2019d seen this before and loved what I guessed was going on.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Khalid, our next door neighbor at our new house in England, was acting on his deep Pakistani value for hospitality. His wife did the same when she sent over a steaming bowl of delicious curry a few hours later.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shanebennett.us1.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=d29944800aacc3e14aab102e1&amp;id=4fdf835f24&amp;e=46c8c6bc04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hospitality<\/a>&nbsp;is one of a suite of values that characterize \u201chot\u201d cultures. In her accessible book, <a href=\"http:\/\/shanebennett.us1.list-manage2.com\/track\/click?u=d29944800aacc3e14aab102e1&amp;id=9b0872a9b6&amp;e=46c8c6bc04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foreign to Familiar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/shanebennett.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=d29944800aacc3e14aab102e1&amp;id=e21d850c52&amp;e=46c8c6bc04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Lanier<\/a> brilliantly illuminates basic differences between cultures she describes as \u201chot\u201d or \u201ccold.\u201d Most Muslim cultures are hot, while my culture, and likely yours, is cold. Neither is better than the other, but the differences can sometimes be maddening. They can also be delightful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re going to connect with Muslims, familiarity with hot culture values, especially relative to your cold culture values, will help. Hot culture people tend to be relationally,&nbsp;rather than time, motivated; group oriented and inclusive, and spontaneously hospitable. (<a href=\"http:\/\/shanebennett.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=d29944800aacc3e14aab102e1&amp;id=9534095cf6&amp;e=46c8c6bc04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quick overview here<\/a>.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In concrete terms: Your new Muslim friend will show up for dinner an hour late with three unexpected guests and a few kids! But she\u2019ll also bring a present. And she\u2019ll show up unannounced at 1.30pm the next day! She\u2019ll be confused and question the depth of your friendship if you don\u2019t do the same.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These things vary greatly culture to culture and relative to time immigrants have lived in host cultures, but navigating them is part of the joy of cross-cultural friendships.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Posted by permission of <a href=\"http:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mission Catalyst.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shane Bennett of the Mission Catalyst blog has written the following post about the vast differences that exist between hot 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