David Hayward's blog is now at Patheos, and his latest cartoon<\/a> is a poignant pun. Getting any kind of \u201cchange\u201d in a church can be unrealistic, and may perhaps even sound like a joke.<\/div>\nYet Jesus himself clearly was an agent of change, both individual and social.<\/p>\n
And so we ought to reflect on the irony that so many who self-identify as followers of Jesus are resistant to change, rather than at the forefront of bringing about.<\/p>\n
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