[Propertalk] Gospel - Quotes for 9/20, Mark 9:30-37, Part 5

[Joe Parrish]

And now greatness comes in our taking up the mantle of our Lord's servant-hood, following in his way, and welcoming the lost and alone.

http://www.crossings.org/theology/2009/theolo747.shtml

Michael Hoy
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THE TASK OF THE CHURCH IS TO MAKE DISCIPLES OF THE UNCHURCHED. SOME
might add we must make disciples of the churched as well.

http://www.luthersem.edu/word&world/Archives/14-3_Sex/14-3_Juel.pdf

DONALD H. JUEL, 1994 
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Then little children were being brought to him in order that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples spoke sternly to those who brought them; but Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs."  Matthew 19:13-14
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According to the National Education Association, "The statistics for turnover among new teachers are startling. Some 20 percent of all new hires leave the classroom within three years. In urban districts, the numbers are worse-close to 50 percent of newcomers flee the profession during their first five years of teaching"
(www.greatpublicschools.org).
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According to the Raleigh Report, published by the North Carolina Council of Churches, "The pattern in other states has been that funding from the state budget drops about as much as lottery revenues provide to a dedicated purpose . . . The result is that, a few years later, education is no better off financially than it was to begin with" (Raleigh Report, March 24, 2005).

http://nccouncilofchurches.org/resources/downloads/lectionary/Separate%20Sections/4Education-Final.pdf

MOLLY SHIVERS
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The whole issue of 'greatness' is one the churches refuse to deal with, those officially hierarchical & others that get there anyhow. Today, churches are in self-destruct mode over issues of doctrine (or lack of it) & the application of that doctrine (or lack of it) to issues like (homo-)sexuality. All give clear evidence of being more worried about keeping their own version of hierarchical structure intact than becoming like a little child, one of God's little people of all ages.

http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/marginallymark/MMK93037P15.html

Brian McGowan
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When we are afraid - seeking power and strength and control - we cannot listen to each other. But when we really listen we will find what we all have in common - a frightened child within. Children have a fantastic capacity to communicate even without a common language and to forget and make-up quickly after a hurt. They have as yet no wealth, power, prestige, role, image that they have to defend or have become enslaved to.

http://www.bible.claret.org/liturgy/daily/sundays_pierse/cycleB/B_25thSunOT.htm

Gerry Pierse
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But who was the "child" of which Jesus spoke? Who was the Christian to serve? In one respect, the Christian was to show hospitality those who had the social status of the child: the outcast, the sinner, the sick and feeble. In another respect, the Christian was to show hospitality to all of God's children, regardless if they were friend or foe. In a third respect, the Christian was to show hospitality to those who had become the "children" of the community, the Christian missionary who risked life and limb to spread the Good News. 
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Try this simple exercise of imagination. Place yourself in the center of the Twelve along the side of Jesus. In your mind's eye, face Jesus and watch him embrace you. Do you feel the strength of his arms, the tenderness of his touch, the warmth of his hands? Do you feel the strength of his love? After the exercise, think about those in your life that need the embrace of Christ? How can you help them to receive that embrace?


http://www.word-sunday.com/Files/b/25-b/A-25-b.html

Larry Broding
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