I tend to shy away from sharing long quotes, but every once in a while you find something that just resonates. So, here is my offering today from Kathleen Ward of Church in a Circle...
Jesus led a revolution without guns and without placards. It wasn’t the revolution the Jews hoped for, the one where the Messiah would come in glory and grandeur, and frighten away the occupying forces, restoring Israel to a position of power and prestige. It wasn’t even the non-violent political resistance we associate with activism today.
Jesus turned the world upside down with the way he treated people.
He empowered the disempowered.
He loved the unlovable.
He honoured the dishonourable.
Jesus gave a voice to the voiceless. He placed value on women, children, servants, foreigners – those without status or value in the social order of the day. He chose the sick, the marginalised, the ostracised, and made them his ambassadors. He raised the social standing of the outcast and rejected. - Kathleen Ward from Church in a Circle
Jesus led a revolution without guns and without placards. It wasn’t the revolution the Jews hoped for, the one where the Messiah would come in glory and grandeur, and frighten away the occupying forces, restoring Israel to a position of power and prestige. It wasn’t even the non-violent political resistance we associate with activism today.
Jesus turned the world upside down with the way he treated people.
He empowered the disempowered.
He loved the unlovable.
He honoured the dishonourable.
Jesus gave a voice to the voiceless. He placed value on women, children, servants, foreigners – those without status or value in the social order of the day. He chose the sick, the marginalised, the ostracised, and made them his ambassadors. He raised the social standing of the outcast and rejected. - Kathleen Ward from Church in a Circle
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