Making God possible

Disciples are those who, sitting at the feet of Christ, God’s incarnate & living Word, learn to live in love of God and neighbour, and who in the grace of the Spirit help others to do likewise. Discipleship is about the people we become when we have an encounter with the living God, and what we do as a response to make that kind of transformation possible the lives of others.[1] To be transformed in discipleship is also to make God possible in our encounter with others.[2]

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[1] N.B. There’s a dimension of discovery and joyful sharing the riches found: Matthew 13.44: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field’.

[2] On the idea priesthood is about ‘making God possible’, cf. Allan Billings, Making God Possible: The Task of Ordained Ministry Present and Future, SPCK, 2010.