[Magdalen] whose theology is this?

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

The idea that you will not have any effect on the world beyond your
neighborhood is absurd for two reasons:

1. It's not true.  Individuals do change big things.  I read that a
corporation is giving its employees a raise, and it's due to you and me
signing petitions and promising not to shop there until they grow up.
Remember that wonderful comment by Margaret Meade ! ! !

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/margaretme100502.html

2. It's hard to make change happen even locally, so far as that goes.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Our supply clergy this morning was from another diocese...a very liberal
> diocese....but I don't think this is liberal thought.  He taught Adult CE
> and preached.
>
> His premise this morning, among other things was that 'we really cannot
> change the world.  We do not need to concern ourselves with the world
> beyond our neighborhood.  Rather than give money to support ministries like
> ERD, we should simply walk across the street and meet the need of our
> neighbor.  (His example was giving money to a particular person in a 3rd
> world country, rather than my ERD example, but the point is the same.)  He
> went on to declare that from a theological perspective, we do not need to
> concern ourselves with politics...or even care about politics because we
> cannot make a difference or change the world.  It was a one way
> street...meet the need before you and ignore/don't care about anything
> beyond.
>
> I behaved badly.  He spoke down to us as of we were the Episcopal bumpkins
> in SC and I called him on it.  Now I'm having a major shame attack, even
> though more than a few people thanked me....that has just made it worse
> because my behavior was so similar to how nack in the mid 2000s, I
> confronted the the teaching of the ultra conservative priests at St.
> Paul's.  I'm not sure this makes any sense and I am still upset.
>
> So, what think the theological gurus in the pub (all of us) about this
> theology??
>
> Thanks,
> Ginga
>