The Impossible Dream

Published: June 20, 2008, 4:59 a.m.

b"In his Pentecost 5 sermon examines why Jesus sent the disciples only to the lost sheep of Israel. He points out they were the Anawim, the powerlesss, dispossessed and impoverished, trapped in their circumstances by Roman oppression and the enforcers of purity in their faith. The are also God's remnant. Today, in the church, it is the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender community who number amongst the Anawim. Clay looks at our mission to them.\\n\\nFull text at http://www.stmatthews.org.nz/nav.php?sid=448&id=851"