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Category Archives: Quotes
On God’s Love (quoting Dallas Willard)
We must understand that God does not “love” us without liking us – through gritted teeth – as “Christian” love is sometimes thought to do. Rather, out of the eternal freshness of his perpetually self-renewed being, the heavenly Father cherishes … Continue reading
Remembering Andrew Walls
Andrew Walls has graduated on to that next level of existence that those of us who follow Jesus look forward to by faith. He was born in 1921! I never met him; but I heard him speak and read his … Continue reading
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W. H. Auden on Change
We would rather be ruined than changed.We would rather die in our dreadThan climb the cross of the momentAnd let our illusions die. – W.H. Auden, The Age of Anxiety
Job 28 – Wisdom and Understanding
I tend towards reading (or listening to) scripture in wider and wider context. More at one time. Sometimes, however, a jewel can be lost in the wider scope of a ….narrative? Poetry? Whatever one wants to consider the Book of … Continue reading
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The crucifixion is not a defeat.
“The crucifixion is not a defeat to be overturned by resurrection. The crucifixion is a victory revealed by resurrection.†– Brian Zahnd@BrianZahnd
Jesus Christ must be the center and norm for Christian public engagement.
Jesus Christ must be the center and the norm for Christian public engagement. Why? Because Christ and Christ’s Spirit aren’t at work only in our hearts, families, and churches, but in our civic communities, cities, nations, and the entire world. … Continue reading
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Facing Things, a Quote by James Baldwin
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” James Baldwin
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Monsters
“But maybe if they didn’t treat us like monsters, we wouldn’t be monsters. I want us to try living like people for awhile, see how that goes.†N.K. Jemisin, Stone Hunger
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The truth is always there, and it is…. jealous?
Some months ago, I watched the excellent Chernobyl mini-series on television. In the last episode (number five) the protagonist, Legasov, reflects on his experience with the nuclear disaster. Powerful people tried to cover it up and hide the magnitude of … Continue reading
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N.T. Wright amplifies James on “being true to oneself”
“None of us starts off with a pure internal ‘kit’ of impulses, hopes and fears. If you are true to ‘yourself’, you will end up a complete mess. The challenge is to take the ‘self’ you find within, and to … Continue reading
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