Someone else is out there

Someone else is out there with similar ideas. An excellent training day on political theology, with the very excellent Luke Bretherton, who lectures at my old theological college. I was there before he was born, of course, but no matter, the guy talks sense. Four models of political engagement for the Church: pastor (putting sticking plasters on the wounds), pedagogy (setting ourselves up as an example to the world - not much chance of that these days), party (what i've been doing lately, engaging with local government on schools policies and the unpleasant necessity of meetings with actual politicians), and prophet (telling 'em how it is). I've been around long enough to hear ideas and people for the second and third time, but that doesn't matter, if they're good. Saul Alinsky and Citizen Organising goes back to the forties, but it's good stuff that has never been properly tested out. Maybe someone will take it on at last?