Xana Ender says this very well:

This Is Me: In the world, but not of the world

"It hurts the worst when you decide to follow God and other Christians mock you for the love you now feel toward your fellow man. Legalists get pretty mad at Christians who have lost their self-hatred because they love God so much that they see everyone through His eyes, including themselves. This radical love that causes you to forgive others for sin and yourself as well is at odds with how legalists view the world. We need radical, Godly love. We need to love people 100%, love God 100%, and hate worldly things 100%. This isn’t 300%,(and so in reality each one gets 33.3%) it is all the same thing in the end. For loving God and loving people in the world IS hating the world and vice versa. Let’s pursue radical love."

Radical love is love like no other. Radical comes from Radix or Root. I like the way Xana plays with percentages to show their abnsurdity. Radical love is absurd, irrational, and absolutely grounded in God.

It is so wise that it appears foolish. It cannot be explained outside the realm of God's love because it is so "other."

It is the RADIX of everything:

R - Rooted in a Reality that transcends the ruthlessly regimented regulations that govern human relationships. Love is REAL and it trumps every other reality. REALITY.

A - Rooted in how we Approach everything and everyone. Radical love transforms our perspective on people. Xana deals with this in a compelling way. As II Corinthians 5 says, we see everyone differently - other people, ourselves, even Jesus. APPROACH

D - It roots all of our Decisions . Love is about deciding to love on faith and in obedience and then, letting our choices be governed by the law of love. If all the law hangs on the rule of love as Jesus taught, we will never be able to make a loveless decision again in good conscience. DECISIONS.

I - There is at the root of love a holy Indifference to how our love is received and reciprocated. While we do not divorce ourselves from emotional and embrace the pain of rejection (as did Hosea and Yahweh), those factors do not alter our course. We love with a paradoxical combination of vulnerability and INDIFFERANCE.

X - X is the ancient symbol for the cross. It is in the cross where love is most manifest and magnified. It roots our love and from that root grows a vine to which we are attached and through which we bear fruit. X

Thanks for the prompting, Xana.