Thank you for listening to the Allender Center podcast.

I'm Dr. Dan Allender.

And I'm Rachel Clinton-Centen.

We're fiercely committed to providing hope and healing to a fragmented world.

And restoration for the heart.

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Let's get this conversation started.

We are returning to the category of what it means to live out the character of God in the context of the kingdom of God, and that we have been given a kingdom.

And in that, we spoke last time about what it means to be an orphan, but have the transformation and transition into what it means to be a priest.

And Rachel, just to say as co-host, I should have asked permission last time before.

I apparently offended quite a few of our listeners with my warbling and the accusation that I am opposed to Little Orphan Annie.

I just want to say out loud.

I love that.

I've seen the play on Broadway. I've seen the play on Broadway. So if you were offended by my singing, you have every right to be. But as we move into the notion of offense, we're really

going to begin to talk about the interplay between what it means to be a stranger,

but who in the redemptive process can begin to use that sense of alienation on behalf of the kingdom of God as a prophet.

Kathy, it is so very delightful to have you back with us.

Thanks for having me, guys.

It's really good to see you.

Well, let me just jump in and say, we live in a very contentious, complex, polarized, frankly, matter than a hatter world. And we are in desperate need of

prophets to tell the truth, to open the door to imagination and to the redemptive hope of what

prophets draw us back to. But what we've been trying

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