Buried in the heart of the gospel, but often smothered by pious overlays, is a relentlessly subversive dream. In the words of Mary, God has “pulled down princes from their thrones, and raised high the lowly”. This is achieved not through some armed revolution, but through the birth of an infant who will be executed by the political powers after a show trial. It is the alignment of God on the side of the underdogs that creates a rupture in conventional thinking.

From "Vulnerability in the Face of Power" in Tui Motu Magazine Issue 200 December 2015: 8-9

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