There has been a long tradition which sees the mission of the Church primarily as obedience to a command. It has been customary to speak of 'the missionary mandate.' This way of putting the matter is certainly not without justification, and yet it seems to me that it misses the point. It tends to make mission a burden rather than a joy, to make it part of the law rather than part of the gospel. If one looks at the New Testament evidence one gets another impression. Mission begins with a kind of explosion of joy. The news that the rejected and crucified Jesus is alive is something that cannot possibly be suppressed. It must be told. Who could be silent about such a fact? The mission of the Church in the pages of the New Testament is more like the fallout from a vast explosion, a radioactive fallout which is not lethal but life-giving.

Leslie Newbigin

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Honey
1/4	c	Softened butter
1/4	c	Chopped Mango

INSTRUCTIONS

This is delicious on warm bread or cake. Substitute Papaya for the Mango
and you'll get Papaya Butter!
In a mixing bowl, beat the honey, butter and mango with a wooden spoon or
electric mixer. When blended, tranfer to a serving bowl and serve with
bread or cake.
Posted to EAT-L Digest 17 Jan 97 by C <jazzbel@MAIL.BATELNET.BS> on Jan 20,
1997.

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