Movement magazine issue 154

THE PRACTICAL
PROPHET
There are two kinds of prophets:
those who foretell the future and
those who confront their own
generation with the will of God.
Moira Chan-Yeung’s biography
of Bishop Ronald Hall, using new
material that she has gleaned
from personal and institutional
archives, reveals Bishop Hall as
a prophet who confronted and
challenged both Christians in and
the Community of Hong Kong and
Macau.
For many who know Bishop’s Hall’s
name, it will be associated with the
ordination of the first woman priest
in the Anglican Communion,
Li Tim Oi. It was an action which
was pragmatic in circumstances
where there were no male priests,
but it was also to be personally
costly.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote that
being a Christian involves two
things: prayer and righteous action.
Bishop Hall’s understanding was
similar, describing it as prayer
and love-in-action. A major focus
of his episcopal ministry was
concerned with Social Welfare, and
in particular housing and education
The Practical Prophet:
Bishop Ronald O. Hall of
Hong Kong and His Legacies
Moira M. W. Chan-Yeung
Hardback
ISBN: 9789888208777
for the poorest in society. On
Bishop Hall’s retirement the Hong
Kong government recognised the
enormous contribution he had
made to the development of their
entrepreneurial society. Moira
Chan-Yeung recounts how Bishop
Hall organised provision of one
decent meal a day for the poorest
children, with the result that their
academic results improved. Much
of his vision was inspired by the
writings of the Victorian Christian
Socialist F. D. Maurice.
Perhaps his most important legacy
was to work for the embedding
of Christianity in Chinese culture,
a culture which recognised the
contribution of the elderly and the
family. His ministry bequeathed the
foundations for a truly indigenous
Church.
This is a book which ought to be
given to and read by, amongst
others, all those who have
leadership roles in Christian
communities.
THE RIGHT REVD BARRY
ROGERSON
GROOVEMENT
154 CROSSWORD CLUES
Across
1. Occasions for an insect’s madness (9)
6. Signs of extreme boredom on backwards tin road (5)
9. Low, endless feeling (3)
10. Compression point bone turns me around (7)
11. French one half-tilted before (5)
12. Partly back-slapping mate (3)
13. Accident ruined 75% of pashmina (6)
14. Business degree inserted into ear hole causes back
pain! (7)
16. Dodgy headless moment (4)
17. Chorus on roll... er, it’s not right (9)
20. see 3 down
22. Like I failed? Yeah, right! (2,2)
25. Imaginary she-monster (7)
26. It’s instrumental, mostly loving one awkwardly (6)
27. Sit back for old-fashioned affirmation (3)
29. see 24 down
30. Wicked CIA lies to take power away from clergy (7)
31. A party with trouble (3)
32, 5. Love’s limits call badly in last SCM 3 20 (5,5,5)
33. Guides heard railway-builder by entrances (9)
Down
1. Broken man is icon - one who perpetually 6? (9)
2, 15. A tree of bliss, one I’d sown at legendary 1970s SCM
3 20? (5,2,10)
3, 20. Sufi birds gathering every year? (6,10)
4. A kitsch place to stay? (4)
5. see 32 across
6. see 7 down
7, 6. A dour hymn, it will surprisingly be the next SCM 3
20 (4,3,4,4)
8. Even parts of US had love of simultaneous gunfire
(5)
15. see 2 down
18. Guilty parties finish with suggestions around... (9)
19. Plinth impedes tall section (8)
21. North American - I steal one in capital (7)
23. Lone saint takes imaginary number - might be playing
26 (7)
24, 32. Open LGBT lifestyle choice in SCM 3 20 (6,2,3)
25. Names for money (5)
28. Maybe Ukrainian in second toilet (4)
153 CROSSWORD ANSWERS
Across: 6 Reprise, 7 Maestra, 9,15 Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, 10
Orchestra, 11 Tabloid, 19 Crisps, 20 Allowed, 23 Aggregate,
24,13 Simon Rattle, 26 Ovation, 27 Ivories.
Down: 1 Spar, 2 Mikado, 3 Recording, 4 Relevant, 5 Statute
law, 6 Remote, 7 Mock, 8 Awaken, 12 Birmingham, 14
Strategic, 16 Zeppelin, 17 Octavo, 18 Adonis, 21 Lesson,
22 Earn, 25 Main.
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