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Book cover for The Art of Dying: Living Fully into the Life to Come
Rather than waiting for illness to overtake them, these Christians were actively involved in their own dying, in control—to the extent possible—of the dying process. Injured at the death of a fellow Christian, the church community then ...more
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“The difference between
religion and the gospel is that God has said no to everybody, so that no one can boast before God.”
Rutledge, Help My Unbelief

“Religion, being a human construct, allows
people to create a God after their own image instead of the other way round.”
Rutledge, Help My Unbelief

“Synonyms know each other like old colleagues, like a set of friends who’ve seen the world together. They swap stories, reminisce about their origins and forget that though they are similar, they are entirely different, and though they share a certain set of attributes, one can never be the other. Because a quiet night is not the same as a silent one, a firm man is not the same as a steady one, and a bright light is not the same as a brilliant one because the way they wedge themselves into a sentence changes everything.”
Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me

“Hate sometimes stands quite close to love. God too stands often near to evil—like silent chessmen—side by side. Only the color of the squares is different.”
Calvin Miller, The Singer Trilogy

“The call to the Corinthian church was the call to love the fellow human being right there in the next pew, and to love him with all the love of God. For the love of God is the love of Christ, and the love of Christ is for victims and victimizers alike.”
Rutledge, Help My Unbelief

30747 Q&A with Nafisa Haji, author of The Writing on My Forehead — 17 members — last activity Mar 12, 2010 10:35AM
Join me for a discussion of my novel The Writing on My Forehead , which is being released in paperback in March. The Q&A will start on Monday, Marc ...more
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