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Lets be troublemakers
Leeanne has just finished reading “The Irresistible Revolution” by Shane Claiborne. I read it last Christmas and it had a significant impact on me but I have a terrible memory so can only remember fragments and the general theme. I think I need to read it again. It has interested me to watch Leeanne engage with the book, and at the end say “That’s the kind of Christianity I want to be part of”. In flicking through the book I came across a quote that jumped off the page: Christians should be troublemakers, creators of uncertainty, agents of a dimension incompatible with society. (French theologian, Jaques Ellul).
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I blame the community
Community can be very challenging Living in Poatina, and in Fusion, I realise how easy it is to see the weaknesses in everyone else. Jean Vanier talks a bit about this in Community and Growth, and in the process describes the challenge of community life very well:





