Baptism
Baptism, or the greek word baptizo, literally means this.
Dipping
What is listening?
What are the "elements" of Eucharist?
What are bread and wine?
Williams appeals to this as the paradigmatic prayer
What is the Lord's Prayer
The baptized inherit these three dimensions of vocation from Jesus, classically called "offices."
What are the offices of prophet, priest, and king
Per Williams, the interpretive center for reading all the different parts of the bible is this.
What is the story of Jesus?
Per Williams, sharing in the Eucharist means living as people who know that they are always this.
What are guests?
Rather than something performed purely by human will and effort, Williams say prayer is more like this.
What is letting Jesus pray in you?
In the ancient world water, and therefore baptism later on, was associated with this unsettling state.
What is chaos.
The bible has many books with lots of genres but Rowan Williams thinks the whole bible can be helpfully understood as this sort or genre of writing
What is parable?
Eucharist is also called this (multiple possible answers).
What is Holy Communion, Lord's Supper?
Williams says that prayer is not about acquiring skills but this sort of process.
What is growing?
Per Williams, because God in Jesus did not stay nice and dry on the shores of the river but immersed himself in the water, Christians believe they worship a God who saves by this kind of relationship.
What is solidarity.
For Williams, Jesus' parables consistently leave the hearer/reader with this question.
What is, "Who are you?"
What is seeing sacramentally?
Classically, Christians have said that we prayer with_______, to ________, through __________.
What is (with) Jesus, (to) the Father, (through) the Spirit?
Per Williams, baptism shows us that sin is not failing to robotically follow some moral list of do's and dont's but is more like refusing to see or expose oneself to this.
What is reality.
Because it is a book around which a community's life is shaped, it makes sense that Williams would emphasize that we read and hear the bible in *this* way.
What is together?
Williams, quoting Maurice de la Taille, says that at the Last Supper Jesus makes himself a this.
What is a sign?
Williams notes that this line of the Lord's prayer is related to a request that my good should not come at the expense of another's.
What is, give us this day our daily bread?