Michael Philip

“How could any theologian explain the meaning of Christian identity in America and fail to engage white supremacy, its primary negation?”
― James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree

“how to reconcile the gospel message of liberation with the reality of black oppression.”
― James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree

“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

“Sabbath-keeping requires two orientations. One is Godward. The other is timeward. To keep Sabbath well—as both a day and an attitude—we have to think clearly about God and freshly about time. We likely, at some level, need to change our minds about both. Unless we trust God’s sovereignty, we won’t dare risk Sabbath. And unless we receive time as abundance and gift, not as ration and burden, we’ll never develop a capacity to savor Sabbath.”
― Mark Buchanan, The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring Sabbath