Jacqueline A. Bussie > Quotes

“A genuine apology is like an eleventh-hour rain on a dusty crop. Grossly overdue, but miraculously just in time.”
― Jacqueline A Bussie

“Recently I came across a Zen prayer that Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist monk, recites prior to eating: "In this plate of food, I see the entire universe supporting my existence." I like Hanh's meditation a lot because the wording allows me to include God in my gratitude without excluding gratitude to all the unseen human beings who also had a hand in the gift of the food in front of me.”
― Jacqueline A Bussie

“When we are confident and secure, we are open to only one thing: ourselves.”
― Jacqueline A. Bussie, Outlaw Christian: Finding Authentic Faith by Breaking the 'Rules'

“Authentic power shares power with others.”
― Jacqueline A. Bussie, Outlaw Christian: Finding Authentic Faith by Breaking the 'Rules'

“The opposite of doubt is not faith but resignation and its favorite cloak, passivity.”
― Jacqueline A. Bussie, Outlaw Christian: Finding Authentic Faith by Breaking the 'Rules'

“My hope believes it is possible for all of us to become human human beings, and especially if I find myself in a place where no one is acting like one, I had better become one tout de suite. To hope is to reclaim our humanity.”
― Jacqueline A. Bussie, Outlaw Christian: Finding Authentic Faith by Breaking the 'Rules'

“Certainty's pitfall is that it can close us off from the views of other people, sometimes even to the point of being unable to listen to them.”
― Jacqueline A. Bussie, Outlaw Christian: Finding Authentic Faith by Breaking the 'Rules'

“Nothing sucks more than to realize that for many people, church is the place where they’ve learned who they should reject, and feel righteous doing so.”
― Jacqueline A. Bussie, Outlaw Christian: Finding Authentic Faith by Breaking the 'Rules'

“Job’s friends demonstrate the two most important aspects of the sit-with: silence and staying. Here the friends demonstrate that the best way to mourn with those who mourn is through accompaniment that embraces and listens, not through clichés that estrange and isolate.”
― Jacqueline A. Bussie, Outlaw Christian: Finding Authentic Faith by Breaking the 'Rules'

“Fear, not despair, is hope’s opposite. Fear paralyzes us into apathy, while desperation drives people to great feats of creativity and resistance.”
― Jacqueline A. Bussie, Outlaw Christian: Finding Authentic Faith by Breaking the 'Rules'

“The name outlaw Christian describes the kind of Christian I am and the kind I’m setting myself free to become: namely, a follower of Jesus who no longer accepts cocky clichés, hackneyed hope, or snappy theodicies—defenses of God’s goodness and power—that explain away evil and suffering with a theo-magical sleight of hand. An outlaw Christian doesn’t condemn questions or discourage doubt. Instead, an outlaw Christian seeks to live an authentic life of faith and integrity, and chooses the defy the unwritten laws governing suffering, grief, and hope that our culture and religious traditions have asked us to ingest. The faith of an outlaw Christian is bold, outspoken, and active in a world of pain.”
― Jacqueline A. Bussie, Outlaw Christian: Finding Authentic Faith by Breaking the 'Rules'

“Doubt, in other words, makes us open and receptive, especially to letting God tell us who Love is rather than assuming we already know all there is to know about her.”
― Jacqueline A. Bussie, Outlaw Christian: Finding Authentic Faith by Breaking the 'Rules'

“Outlaw Christians intentionally break the law that insists vulnerability is weakness. Both Jesus’ life and death point to an opposite truth: vulnerability is strength.”
― Jacqueline A. Bussie, Outlaw Christian: Finding Authentic Faith by Breaking the 'Rules'

“Contingency is just a fancy word for the truth about the world in which we live, which is: anything can happen to anyone.”
― Jacqueline A. Bussie, Outlaw Christian: Finding Authentic Faith by Breaking the 'Rules'