Jazmine Lawrence
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“I began to realize that if violence was my last resort, then I was still enmeshed in the belief that violence saves. And that meant that no matter how much I might object to any particular form of domination, I was still trusting domination and violence to bring about justice and peace.”
― The Powers That Be: Theology for a New Millennium
― The Powers That Be: Theology for a New Millennium
“The skill I was learning was a crucial one, the patience to read things I could not yet understand.”
― Educated
― Educated
“It’s childish to assume people will understand unexpressed meanings. It’s dangerous to confuse self-expression with communication.”
― Steering the Craft: a Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story
― Steering the Craft: a Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story
“I have seen enough of God’s wily ways with the Powers to stake my life on the side of hope.”
― The Powers That Be: Theology for a New Millennium
― The Powers That Be: Theology for a New Millennium
“What is called a good conscience is often but a dull one that gives no trouble when it ought to bark loudest;”
― There & Back
― There & Back
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