Rosemary and Michael Green: A Passionate Christian Couple

I just returned from coordinating an annual conference for Wycliffe Hall, the Anglican, evangelical theological college (seminary to those of us in the US) at the University of Oxford. Our main speaker was Rev. Dr. Michael Green, aged almost 80, who spoke along with his wife Rosemary. The Green are the epitome of a passionate Christian couple. Michael, with a spark in his eyes and lightness of step, spoke with boldness and challenged us to live with the daring of the early Christians. Everything Michael does is bold, from his hugely outstretched arms lifted in worship to his loud laugh. And Rosemary is no shrinking violet-- she once decided she should join the men's Bible Study at the church Michael was pastoring in Raleigh, North Carolina. When I am with the Greens I want to be more like them-- always keeping their eyes on Jesus, and living with great joy and strength through the power of the Holy Spirit.