David Flowers

“Our Living School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is trying to reintroduce the West to what we call the Perennial Tradition, the underground stream that we all share. That does not mean I encourage you to abandon your own mother tradition. You have to know the rules before you can know how to break the rules properly. You have to be surrendered and accountable to one Tradition, as even the Dalai Lama and Mother Teresa both insisted. Otherwise, your ego self is always the decider, and you operate outside the living Body of Christ.”
― Richard Rohr, Silent Compassion: Finding God in Contemplation

“religion is a neurological disorder for which faith is the only cure.”
― Frank Schaeffer, Why I am an Atheist Who Believes in God: How to give love, create beauty and find peace

“We now send our books, our music and even our memories into a cloud. We may or may not believe in God but we do once again believe in meaningful consciousness residing outside of ourselves.”
― Frank Schaeffer, Why I am an Atheist Who Believes in God: How to give love, create beauty and find peace

“Dad and Mom had a lesbian couple living in our chalet for several years in the early 1970s. One was Dad’s secretary, the other Mom’s helper. They shared a room. Fortunately, my parents were hypocritical and acted as if, no matter their official religious absolutes, the higher call was to ignore what the Bible said in favor of what they hoped it meant. Thus, without ever saying it, it seems to me my parents were affirming that the Bible should be read as if Jesus was the only lens through which to see God. The result was that Francis and Edith Schaeffer were nicer than their official theology.”
― Frank Schaeffer, Why I am an Atheist Who Believes in God: How to give love, create beauty and find peace