Joe Caddy

“In order to effectively fight racism, we must learn from the past. Contrary to the popular saying, historians are quick to point out that history does not, in fact, repeat itself. Historical events are too circumstantial and too contingent on a multitude of factors, decisions, actors, and conditions to ever simply repeat. But history does rhyme. We can hear cadences and syncopations of the past in the present. Learning about history is more than learning about what has happened before, it is about understanding what is happening now.”
― Jemar Tisby, How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice

“Your DNA is divine, and the divine indwelling is never earned by any behavior or any ritual, but only recognized and realized (see Romans 11: 6; Ephesians 2: 8–10) and fallen in love with.”
― Richard Rohr, Yes, and...: Daily Meditations

“There is Someone dancing with you and you no longer need to prove to anyone that you are right, nor are you afraid of making mistakes. Another word for that is faith.”
― Richard Rohr, Yes, and...: Daily Meditations

“Around the table, we know whether there is friendship and community or hatred and division. Precisely because the table is the place of intimacy for all the members of the household, it is also the place where the absence of that intimacy is most painfully revealed.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen, You Are the Beloved: 365 Daily Readings and Meditations for Spiritual Living: A Devotional