Rick Bavera

“I simply argue that the cross be raised again,
at the centre of the marketplace
as well as on the steeple of the church.
I am recovering the claim that
Jesus was not crucified
in a cathedral between two candles
but on a cross between two thieves;
on a town garbage heap;
at a crossroad of politics so cosmopolitan
that they had to write His title
in Hebrew and in Latin and in Greek …
and at the kind of place
where cynics talk smut,
and thieves curse, and soldiers gamble.
Because that is where He died,
And that is what He died about.
And that is where Christ’s own ought to be,
And that is what church people ought to be about.”
― George MacLeod

“It is not the lie that passes through the mind, but the lie that sinks in and settles in it, that does the hurt.”
― Francis Bacon, The Essays

“Eighty percent of success is just showing up.”
― Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes

“Too many of our fathers and brothers, our friends and neighbors, have died defending their homes and families. Their spirits have gone to the next world, from where I am sure they will do everything in their power to keep us from harm. we honor their sacrifice by living. We honor our ancestors by surviving and prospering and remembering their names and their lives and what they surrendered in our defense. This is our burden and we embrace it joyfully, for we are all one people.”
― Matthew Palmer, The American Mission