“how do I treat the poor? Because that is where God is. The degree to which you approach them, and the love with which you approach them, or the scorn with which you approach them - that is how you approach your God. What you do to them, you do to God. The way you look at them is the way you look at God.”
― The Violence Of Love
― The Violence Of Love
“For it is at the site of the dirt that we are joined. And the dirt is our kin. From dust we came, and to dust we will return. We are creatures of the dirt, bound together.”
― Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength
― Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength
“For a man of prayer is, in the final analysis, the man who is able to recognize in others the face of the Messiah and make visible what was hidden, make touchable what was unreachable.”
― The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society
― The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society
“God is a God who takes sides. God is God of the oppressed.”
― Exodus: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching: 43 by Terence E. Fretheim (1-Mar-1991) Hardcover
― Exodus: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching: 43 by Terence E. Fretheim (1-Mar-1991) Hardcover
“If there is any hope for the church in the future, it will be hope for a poor church in which its leaders are willing to be led.”
― In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership
― In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership
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