“Open-handed generosity and caring for the poor and marginalized as if we were caring for Jesus himself are extensions of our worship.”
― Slow Church: Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus
― Slow Church: Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus
“Religious experience involves an encounter with the holy, the mystery of the totally other that opens like a chasm before humans in unexpected ways, making impossible the denial of its presence.”
― Writings of New Testament 3rd Ed: Third Edition
― Writings of New Testament 3rd Ed: Third Edition
“Athanasius also quotes Jesus’ words, with a strong universalistic thrust, in John 12:31–32: “Now the ruler of this world will be cast out. And I, when I am lifted up from earth, will drag all humans to myself” (43.20).”
― A Larger Hope?, Volume 1: Universal Salvation from Christian Beginnings to Julian of Norwich
― A Larger Hope?, Volume 1: Universal Salvation from Christian Beginnings to Julian of Norwich
“Nothing true can be said about God from a posture of defense.”
― Gilead
― Gilead
“The complexity of our present trouble suggests as never before that we need to change our present concept of education. Education is not properly an industry, and its proper use is not to serve industries, either by job-training or by industry-subsidized research. It's proper use is to enable citizens to live lives that are economically, politically, socially, and culturally responsible. This cannot be done by gathering or "accessing" what we now call "information" - which is to say facts without context and therefore without priority. A proper education enables young people to put their lives in order, which means knowing what things are more important than other things; it means putting first things first.”
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