Why would anyone call a book of prayers， tutions and libelated ~ aptive nli))( h， )r icI h( ， i)l~
GUERRILLAS OF GRACE? The two images， with his words and his lile A pr~mewe， lp~l~ rll
\"guerrillas\" and \"grace，\" seem to be an unlikely， his effort was prayer， and it i~ lillle wc~rlde; Ill. iI
if not contradictory， conjunction. And yet ... are he taught his disciples to pr，~y.
they really? The early Christians (llldel xt( )( I~l .It I~1 r， IIIic ~1
Somewhere I read a description of poets as to Paul s battle cry: \"For we are ~ot c()nl(，nc Iil I(I
\"guerrillas of beauty.\" I suppose it is fitting that I against flesh and blood， bul again~l prirlc ip， ~lilic ，~，
can t find the article， or even identify it， but the against powers， against the world ~uler~ (~I It li~
phrase struck me and took captive a piece of my present darkness...\" they， aloH~j with Chri ~l i. ~s ~
imagination， as if demonstrating the power of across the ages， confirmed the klea flint w~!， ire
the image. Or maybe it would be more accurate guerrillas.
to say the phrase liberated a piece of my imag- There are two or three chara~lerhti~:s ~)1
ination. I began to see \"guerrillas of beauty\" guerrillas that give particular relewlr~(:e tr~ Ih~
as applying to the riskyand exciting struggles of use of that image to describe Christians. l~y~rly
people attempting to live out their faith in more of our usual measures， guerrillas are a wc ak~ r
free and joyful ways in the midst of difficult， force set against a superior and more organl/f!d
resistant， often even oppressive circumstances. I power， a power which exerts b(~l.h subtl~， ，~d
began to understand the phrase as applying well blatant pressures to conform. Such pr~.ssures ar~，
to people who pray and to the prayers they utter， not commonly or quickly perceiw~d or int~，fpret~.d
Yet， as important as I believe beauty is， and as oppressive， but frequently something in ffl~，m
as powerful as I have experienced it to be， I think is experienced as， at least， vaguely stifling to fl ~，
it is even more provocative to call those who spirit.
pray， and the prayers themselves， \"guerrillas of Guerrillas， then， are engaged In the: ba~t!e
grace.\" to reclaim some territory， or som(~ part of life， l~r
The notion of guerrillas seems to be rooted a higher purpose， a truer cause， 1o wed guerrilla
in the ancient Judeo-Christian tradition. The Old w~th grace suggests that the truer cause is God\"~
Testament prophets can easily be conceived of kingdom. Since the \"principalities and powers\"
as guerrillas doing battle with the established are never completely \"ou~ there，\" bu~ also
powers of their day; and their thundering， poetic stomp and rumble \"within，\" a signili~.ant piece
words and images surelycan be read as forms of of the life to be reclaimed or liberated is the pray-
prayer， Certainly Jesus was the pre-eminent er himself or herself， In an unavoidable way the
guerrilla ofgrace; he confronted repressive insti- struggle begins--and begir~s again ar~l again
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