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DIY, Christian Style: Be a Fool for Christ / 27

care. The Great Commandment, and its corollary, as articulated by Christ, beg for constant and concrete projects of care, for ingenious ways of reaching out to others with the Gospel of Christ. God liberates us in order that we can engage in a kind of joyful, playful experimentation to bring pleasure to him, to care for others, and to make a difference for the Kingdom in the place where God has placed us. To become a Christian is to be set free from the bondage of self-hatred in order to live a life of freedom, freedom in Christ and freedom to love others. The expression of this freedom, for the Christian, I believe, is similar to DIY culture in both its aggressiveness and experimentation, but it is