10/26/14
Chris Breslin
Isaiah 61:1-3a
Testimony by Stewart McNaull
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“The task of prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish, and evoke a consciousness and perception alternative to the consciousness and perception of the dominant culture around us.” -Walter Brueggemann
“On the other hand, hope is subversive, for it limits the grandiose pretension of the present, daring to announce that the present to which we have all made commitments is now called into question.” -Walter Brueggemann
“Prophetic ministry seeks to penetrate despair so that new futures can be believed in and embraced by us.” -Walter Brueggemann
“We are able to have children because our hope is in God, who makes it possible to do the absurd thing of having children. In a world of such terrible injustice, in a world of such terrible misery, in a world that may well be about the killing of our children, having children is an extraordinary act of faith and hope. But as Christians we can have a hope in God that urges us to welcome children. When that happens, it is an extraordinary testimony of faith.” –Stanley Hauerwas
“Indeed, the main task of prophetic thinking is to bring the world into divine focus.” -Abraham Heschel
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