Friday, June 12, 2009

Random Thought at General Synod

While listening to one of my enthusiastic brethren urge us all to be able to 'express the Gospel in a nutshell' I was assailed by the following unhelpful thought:

"Anybody who understands 'the gospel in a nutshell' has a tiny chewy gospel that some folks are allergic to"

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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous13.6.09

    Oh I don#'t know - Mother Julian of Norwich managed it.

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  2. rrchapman30.6.09

    Francis of Assisi didn't do that bad. Unfortunately, we aren't Francis.

    Of course, anything that is supposed to be infinite will have trouble coming down to the size of a nutshell. Maybe we all need to learn how to quickly compose an elevator speech tailored to the situation?

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