Matthew J. Winbow

“Humour is about a clash of perspective that gets resolved with play; absurdity is about a clash of perspectives that we can’t resolve with play.”
― John Vervaeke

“Really, on the whole, Christians rarely pay particularly close attention to what the Bible actually says, for the simple reason that the texts defy synthesis in a canon of exact doctrines, and yet most Christians rely on doctrinal canons. Theologians are often the most cavalier in their treatment of texts, chiefly because their first loyalty is usually to the grand systems of belief they have devised or adopted; but the Bible is not a system. A very great deal of theological tradition consists therefore in explaining away those aspects of scripture that contradict the finely wrought structure of this or that orthodoxy.”
― David Bentley Hart, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation

“Why do you guys say that, anyway? No mourners, no funerals? Why not just say good luck or be safe?”
“We like to keep our expectations low.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Worship is the practice of cultivating reverence that prevents idolatry and affords powerful symbols to what is ultimate.”
― John Vervaeke