Richard

“is doing for others what we would want done for us.”
― Eugene Cho, Overrated: Are We More in Love with the Idea of Changing the World Than Actually Changing the World?

“who wants to live in an ivory tower when there is fresh air to breathe anyway? I want to be outside with the misfits, with the rebels, the dreamers, second-chance givers, the radical grace lavishers, the ones with arms wide open, the courageously vulnerable, and among even—or maybe especially—the ones rejected by the Table as not worthy enough or right enough.”
― Sarah Bessey, Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women

“self-denial is a necessary aspect of a Christian life; that the cross is central to human understanding; and that, without the atonement, every one of us would stand forever in the role of Judas.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, God Is on the Cross: Reflections on Lent and Easter

“Created from love, of love and for love, our existence makes no sense apart from Divine love.”
― David G. Benner, The Gift of Being Yourself: The Sacred Call to Self-Discovery