“Reclaiming St. Patrick’s Day”

The best St. Pat’s day article I’ve seen this time around:

Imagine for a moment that we “took back” St. Patrick’s Day. The groups that launch “Defend Christmas” campaigns every year could have a second market here. The question is, What would St. Patrick’s Day be about, if not nationalism and booze? Some ideas:

…. Fighting human trafficking

…. Evangelism

…. Multiethnic community and incarnational ministry

…. Christian education

…. “Submitting to the authorities” and rebelling against them

[From Reclaiming St. Patrick’s Day | Liveblog | Christianity Today]

Yet none of it is simple, nor is it one-dimensional. “That’s what happens with heroes.”

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March 17, 2010 – 4:22 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Miscellanea | Post Comments (2) Recent Blog Comments For primary navigation click "Show Menu" above. For sidebar material (About, Links, Subscriptions, Blogroll, Copyright, ...) scroll down and click "Further Information."
  1. Charlie wrote:
    March 18, 2010 at 12:41 am   Link

    … advancing gender equality
    … preserving the art, culture, and thinking of a civilization

  2. Dan Knight wrote:
    March 18, 2010 at 4:26 pm   Link

    Thanks to St. Patrick, the church was preserved in Europe. After the fall of Rome and many invasions from the north and the orient, it was the church in Ireland that sent out missionaries and re-Christianized Europe. We could honor that legacy by promoting missions and evangelism.

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