Words: Transformation, redemption, salvation
Harvey Gillman continues his series on the meaning of words
I have been asked on a few occasions whether I have been saved. I have never been asked whether I have been redeemed or transformed. I did use the word transformed at one conference and an elderly Friend was most indignant. ‘Why should I be transformed?’ was her challenge to me. In this year’s Swarthmore Lecture, Ben Pink Dandelion states: ‘We live in expectation of transformation.’ Do we? And what would it look like if we as individuals and as a community we were redeemed, transformed, or even saved?
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