Since I just don't have a lot to say today, here's a quote by Brian McLaren in Adventures in Missing the Point. How are we supposed to be in the world without being conformed to it? There are two hints suggested in the next sentences of Jesus' prayer:
Hint one: "Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth."
Sanctify means make holy or special, or set apart. Jesus is saying that his followers are protected not by isolation, but by identity. Their very identity as disciples means they understand themselves to be set apart, called to a special and holy purpose. They have received the truth of God's message, and this truth has become for them a call to a higher, deeper, richer, more purposeful life....
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