"When he called his society together, Jesus gave its members a new way of life to live.
- He gave them a new way to deal with offenders - by forgiving them;
- He gave them a new way to deal with violence - by suffering;
- He gave them a new way to deal with money - by sharing it;
- He gave them a new way to deal with problems of leadership - by drawing upon the gift of every member, even the most humble;
- He gave them a new way to deal with a corrupt society - by building a new order, not smashing the old;
- He gave them a new pattern of relationship between man and woman, between parent and child, between master and slave, in which was made concrete a radical new vision of what it means to be a human person."
- Stanley Hauerwas
My husband and I had gone to a restaurant with friends. When the hostess led us to a circular booth, we noticed the vinyl seat was covered with crumbs and asked if it could be cleaned off.
On the weekend of the biggest motorcycle gathering of the year, I was bar-tending at a club nearby. When the roaring machines pulled up outside, our patrons' eyes swung toward the door and conversation turned into uneasy whispering.