Steve Mizel

“Sometimes hesed is translated “steadfast love.” It combines commitment with sacrifice. Hesed is one-way love. Love without an exit strategy. When you love with hesed love, you bind yourself to the object of your love, no matter what the response is. So if the object of your love snaps at you, you still love that person. If you’ve had an argument with your spouse in which you were slighted or not heard, you refuse to retaliate through silence or withholding your affection. Your response to the other person is entirely independent of how that person has treated you. Hesed is a stubborn love. Love like this eliminates moodiness, the touchiness that is increasingly common in people today.”
― Paul E. Miller, A Loving Life: In a World of Broken Relationships

“Like Jesus, we must embrace the death that the Father has put in front of us. The path to resurrection is through dying, not fighting.”
― Paul E. Miller, A Loving Life: In a World of Broken Relationships

“When the Church tries to embody the rule of God in the forms of earthly power it may achieve that power, but it is no longer a sign of the kingdom.”
― Lesslie Newbigin