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We have spent centuries of philosophy trying to solve “the problem of evil,” yet I believe the much more confounding and astounding issue is “the problem of good.” How do we account for so much gratuitous and sheer goodness in this world?
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“In America the dream is to make it out of the ghetto. In Soweto, because there was no leaving the ghetto, the dream was to transform the ghetto.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“We are safer and happier when we care for each other in community, when we do things for each other.”
― Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks
― Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks
“Shepherding us toward wisdom, kicking and screaming if need be: that is the Bible’s purpose.”
― How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers—and Why That’s Great News
― How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers—and Why That’s Great News
“Homophobia in any form is a serious sin against love of neighbor, a sin of ignorance of the richness and diversity of God’s creation, and a sin of exclusion.”
― A New Reformation: Creation Spirituality and the Transformation of Christianity
― A New Reformation: Creation Spirituality and the Transformation of Christianity
“we do not have to understand God’s ways, or the suffering and brokenness and pain that sooner or later come to us all. But we do have to know in the very depths of our being that the ultimate end of the story, no matter how many aeons it takes, is going to be all right.”
― Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage
― Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage
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