Amyjo

“But the criticism directed at TOMS (and presumably BOBS as well) in the humanitarian world is that the sometimes-airdropped boxes of shoes disrupt the economies they seek to help, and that they are essentially passing off consumption as charity.6 Instead of addressing the problems of poverty and unemployment, TOMS and BOBS are merely treating a symptom and are in fact making the economy worse in countries that already have high unemployment.”
― Eugene Cho, Overrated: Are We More in Love with the Idea of Changing the World Than Actually Changing the World?

“What brings credibility to the gospel is not more hour-long sermons. What brings credibility, passion, and, ultimately, belief is seeing the gospel at work … the incarnate gospel. What will move skeptics, cynics, and critics are Christians who love God and love their neighbors—including neighbors who don’t look like them—by willingly and humbly serving their needs.”
― Eugene Cho, Overrated: Are We More in Love with the Idea of Changing the World Than Actually Changing the World?

“Just when do men that have different blood in them stop hating one another?”
― William Faulkner, Light in August

“I can, however, talk endlessly about the way I’ve been thrown on my ass over and over by the Bible, the practices of the church, and the people of  God. That is to say, by religion.”
― Nadia Bolz-Weber, Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People