Sam’s career as a relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox came to an end because he was an alcoholic. Now ironically, he owns a bar. Each day Sam lives in an environment of his past, yet he is not victim to his past. He doesn’t avoid bars; he spends his days in one. He spends his days in bars but does not engage in the usual bar activities.
This is a great example of what it means to be in the world but not of it. We as Christians are to be in the world; we are not to be separatist. Jesus said to go into the world to make disciples and that we are to be his witnesses in the world.
