[Magdalen] whose theology is this?

[Jon Egger]

I agree with Roger.  My concern is that the priest doesn't get a lot of
supply work and, sadly, uses the same sermon wherever he goes.

When Jesus uses parables to describe what the Kingdom of God is like (seed,
the sower, a tree, all things we can relate to) I believe that what he's
saying is that the Kingdom of God is already here and we live in it.  By
doing acts of love and charity, we are using our gifts in the Kingdom of
God and helping to bring it to others.


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Grace & peace,
jon


On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 8:08 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> From: James Oppenheimer-Crawford
>
>  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.
>>
>
> Not a scintilla of evidence for this, but people often like to delude
> themselves in causes they support. It's up there with the stupidity of the
> notion that stopping Keystone XL will somehow affect Global Climate Change.
>
>  2. It's hard to make change happen even locally, so far as that goes.
>>
>
> I dunno. Lost of unpleasant people have taken over school boards to get
> rid of things like teaching evolution or history as anything but dead white
> men advocating things they never cared much about.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim Guthrie
>
>