Still, in addressing the situation the educational ministry has every opportunity to address the human condition. Yet in all of this we must take care to understand that the educational ministry of the church isn't one-sidedly cerebral. Jesus both taught and healed. His teaching rendered his healing intelligible, while his healing embodied his teaching. If he had merely acted, his action would have remained ununderstood with respect to the kingdom.
Community ever remains essential to the educational ministry of the church.
The collective memory of the church is like the ballast in a sailing ship's keel. The ballast consists of lead, isn't particularly pretty, and is found below the waterline in any case. Without ballast, however, the ship, top-heavy with sail, capsizes in the first squall. Everyone knows that the more sail a ship carries above the waterline, the more ballast it needs below it. A ship with no sails never leaves the docks.