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“The church is biblical, therefore, when it seeks to embody the words in the power of the Spirit and so become a living commentary.”
― Faith Speaking Understanding: Performing the Drama of Doctrine
― Faith Speaking Understanding: Performing the Drama of Doctrine
“I end with a blessing from Larry Hine, Brennan Manning’s spiritual director, who delivered this benediction at Manning’s ordination service: May all of your expectations be frustrated, May all of your plans be thwarted, May all of your desires be withered into nothingness, That you may experience the powerlessness and poverty of a child, and can sing and dance in the love of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.”
― Fail: Finding Hope and Grace in the Midst of Ministry Failure
― Fail: Finding Hope and Grace in the Midst of Ministry Failure
“Christians will be found in the neighbourhood of Jesus – but Jesus is found in the neighbourhood of human confusion and suffering, defencelessly alongside those in need. If being baptized is being led to where Jesus is, then being baptized is being led towards the chaos and the neediness of a humanity that has forgotten its own destiny.”
― Being Christian: Baptism, Bible, Eucharist, Prayer
― Being Christian: Baptism, Bible, Eucharist, Prayer
“Bonhoeffer helps us see that a youth minister is not someone who heaves theology onto young people, getting them to know stuff, but is rather a minister of the gospel that stands near the concrete humanity of young people, sharing in their experience, helping them wrestle with God’s action in and through their concrete lives.”
― Bonhoeffer as Youth Worker: A Theological Vision for Discipleship and Life Together
― Bonhoeffer as Youth Worker: A Theological Vision for Discipleship and Life Together
“A very small percentage of those in the church stand behind a pulpit or sport certain kinds of identifiable clothing. The actual leadership roster of the church includes disciples ministering in every arena of life, in business, law, medicine, education, the arts, sciences, government, and religion. The objective of Jesus’s church-growth strategy was not to build a single, behemoth social institution with a limited set of ordained authorities. Instead, his Spirit was to be poured out on all flesh to effect a widening, deepening base of influence within every nation, worldview, and social institution.”
― The Divine Conspiracy Continued: Fulfilling God's Kingdom on Earth
― The Divine Conspiracy Continued: Fulfilling God's Kingdom on Earth
Kurt’s 2024 Year in Books
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