Our agenda, as we wake up
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article38887
- Author
- MacDonald, Mark L. (Mark Lawrence), 1954-
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2015 November
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2015 November
- Volume
- 141
- Issue
- 9
- Page
- 5
- Notes
- Today, a spiritual resilience in the churches, from Pentecostals to the Pope, is leading many to rethink major elements of the institutional ethos and practice of the past few centuries. We might call this a kind of 'waking up', a rediscovery of truth and new life in ancient paths. As we wake up, I would like to make a few suggestions for a conversation of renewal. Though far from perfect and much less than exhaustive, here are the elements that I believe should be a part of our theological agenda. If we move toward them, these would preclude the kind of practice that led to the churches' part in colonialism. From just war to active non-violence .... From the culture of money to non-possession .... From the dominion of creation to the eucharistic life .... From flirtation with wealth to life among the poor and marginalized .... From institutional membership to communion".
- Author is "national indigenous bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada".