The present loss of prestige and power within the mainstream church in many Western nations, the voluntary or coerced "kenosis of establishment" in our present chronos, may represent a Spirit-given kairos for the church of Christ, his buried body in the world, to die anew to itself and - less accommodated and accommodating to the mores of the majority - be reborn to the task in the anonymous, incarnate present among the least of its brothers and sisters in the world.
...how much more powerful even a community can be when it is willing to let go of its identity as measured by longevity or magnitude, kudos or cachet. "
-Allan E. Lewis, "Between Cross and Resurrection: A Theology of Holy Saturday," pp 359-60
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