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
Meats		Not, Sent	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Olive oil
1/2	c	Red wine vinegar
2		Cloves garlic; finely chopped
2	tb	Chopped fresh herbs
2	ts	Sugar
1/2	ts	Salt
1/4	ts	Pepper
4		Boneless skinless chicken breast halves; cut in 1 1/2 in cube
4		Red skinned potatoes; quartered
8		Strips bacon; halved lengthwise

INSTRUCTIONS

Brush grill rack with vegetable oil. Then prepare grill with medium-hot
coals or heat gas grill.
Mix oil, vinegar, garlic, parsley, herbs, sugar, salt and pepper in bowl.
Mix chicken with 1/2 cup vinaigrette in plastic bag. Chill 30 minutes.
Reserve remaining vinaigrette.
Boil potatoes in salted water in saucepan until just tender, about 15
minutes. Drain; cool.
Arrange chicken, potatoes and bacon on four 12-inch metal skewers; skewer
end of 1 bacon strip and follow with piece of potato and piece of chicken.
Wrap bacon strip over potato and chicken, and skewer end of bacon to hold
in place. Repeat 3 more times to complete skewer. Fill remaining skewers.
Grill skewers 16-18 minutes, turning every 4 minutes, until chicken is firm
and bacon fully cooked. Brush with reserved vinaigrett before serving.
Recipe by: Family Circle - 6/2/98
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by The Taillons <taillon@access.mountain.net> on
May 16, 1998

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