... woman changed in this way will enter the divine realm."27 The inner transformation Jesus speaks of is anthropos. Bourgeault says the transformation of making "two become one, the inside like the outside" allows one to achieve "singleness," which she calls the "alchemical feminine."28 Mary captures the essence of this metamorphosis so wholly, Bourgeault contends, that " ... ;If Jesus shows us what the completed human being looks like in male form ... , she [Mary] models it for us in its female version; together they become Christosophia, the androgynous archetype of human wholeness."29...

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... are three strategies for managing change as churches work to establish new ministries in the local congregation. The Meta-Church (from the Greek word meta, meaning "change") approach was developed by Carl George of the Charles E. Fuller Institute of Evangelism and Church Growth. The icon is the butterfly, representing the process of metamorphosis which occurs in the cocoon. George's basic approach is one of repurposing existing small groups within ... the church towards more balanced and godly purposes. George establishes four activities which every group should practice: • Love (Rela...

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