[Magdalen] AO

[Lynn Ronkainen]

while looking through an electronic file of saved quotes today I came across 
this and thought how relevant it was to the AO essay. Not sure that NT would 
think *this* applied to the subject matter however...
Lynn

What We Need
We don’t need…Christians who project their own insecurities out on to the 
world and call it preaching the gospel. We need…Christians who will do for 
the world what Jesus was doing. The Church must be prepared to stand between 
the warring factions, and, like a boxing referee, risk being knocked out  by 
both simultaneously. The Church must be prepared to act symbolically, like 
Jesus, to show that there is a different way of living. The Church must be 
prepared to be the agent of healing even for those…who are the lepers of 
modern society. Taking up the cross is not a merely passive operation. It 
comes about as the Church attempts, in the power of the Spirit, to be for 
the world what Jesus was for the world—announcing the kingdom, healing the 
wounds of the world, challenging the power structures that keep anger and 
pain in circulation.

N. T. Wright
Source: Following Jesus

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Judy Fleener" <fleenerj at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 10:04 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: [Magdalen] AO

> I have been lazy with the setting up of my computer and Chrome.  But I 
> just
> had to make Anglicans Online my home page after reading the great essay
> this week.
> http://anglicansonline.org/
> -- 
> Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
> Western Michigan