Rika Diephouse

“As Christians, our role in society is not to wring our hands at the corruption of power or simply to pick a candidate that supports one or another supposedly Christian policy. The Christian role, as part of naming the name of the crucified and risen Jesus on territory presently occupied by idols, is to speak the truth to power and especially to speak up for those with no power at all.”
― N.T. Wright, On Earth as in Heaven: Daily Wisdom for Twenty-First Century Christians

“We are in constant danger of being not actors in the drama of our own lives but reactors.”
― Frederick Buechner, The Longing for Home: Reflections at Midlife – A Wise and Moving Spiritual Memoir on Faith, Memory, and Ultimate Meaning

“The world is a perfectly good and safe place to be. —DALLAS WILLARD”
― Dallas Willard, Life Without Lack: Living in the Fullness of Psalm 23

“Thus, when you wake up in the morning, called by God to be a self again, if you want to know who you are, watch your feet. Because where your feet take you, that is who you are.”
― Frederick Buechner, The Alphabet of Grace