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The logic of the Social Gospel presumed that a clear-eyed and courageous group of Christians could use rational suasion and moral authority to awaken the nation’s social conscience.
“[C]locks indeed must have thier sacrifice: what is death but an offering to time and eternity?”
― Other Voices, Other Rooms
― Other Voices, Other Rooms
“He says we are not forsaken. For while I wonder for what we live and struggle and die, for while I wonder what keeps us living and struggling, men are sent to minister to the blind ... Who gives, at this one hour, a friend to make darkness light before me?”
― Cry, the Beloved Country
― Cry, the Beloved Country
“[S]orrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich ... Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arriving.”
― Cry, the Beloved Country
― Cry, the Beloved Country
“History would be far different
if we did not tend to hear God
most clearly when we think
He is telling us
exactly what it is
we want to hear”
― The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs
if we did not tend to hear God
most clearly when we think
He is telling us
exactly what it is
we want to hear”
― The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs
“Faith is homesickness. Faith is a lump in the throat. Faith is less a position on than a movement toward, less a sure thing than a hunch. Faith is waiting. Faith is journeying through space and through time.”
― The Clown in the Belfry: Writings on Faith and Fiction
― The Clown in the Belfry: Writings on Faith and Fiction
Matt’s 2024 Year in Books
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