Rebecca
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“Participatory eschatology involves a twofold affirmation: we are to do it with God, and we cannot do it without God. In St. Augustine’s brilliant aphorism, God without us will not; we without God cannot. We who have seen the star and heard the angels sing are called to participate in the new birth and new world proclaimed by these stories.”
― The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Say About Jesus's Birth
― The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Say About Jesus's Birth
“Spending extended amounts of time inside other religious worldviews has loosened the screws on my own, which is beginning to seem like a good thing. Disowning God has been a great help to me. Owning my distinct view of God has helped me understand it much better. Although I can see the places where religious truth claims collide, this does not bother me as much as it could. I am far more interested in how people live than what they believe. When other Christians threaten or disappoint me, I work as hard to see God in them as in people of other (or no) faiths. It helps to remember that these are often the same Christians whom I threaten and disappoint in equal measure. The only clear line I draw these days is this: when my religion tries to come between me and my neighbor, I will choose my neighbor. That self-canceling feature of my religion is one of the things I like best about it. Jesus never commanded me to love my religion.”
― Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others
― Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others
“Ask anyone what she means when she says 'God' and chances are that you will learn a lot more about that person than you will learn about God.”
― Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others
― Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others
“But I had to learn that taking the Bible seriously doesn’t mean taking everything literally.”
― Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith
― Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith
“Set out, pilgrim. Set out into the freedom and the wandering. Find your people. God is much bigger, wilder, more generous, and more wonderful than you imagined.”
― Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith
― Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith
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