To be steady while the world spins around you. To act without frenzy. To hear only what needs to be heard. To possess quietude—exterior and interior—on command.
“Jesus didn't shy away from sinners, so why should the church? And don't tell me the church welcomes sinners. I know better. It welcomes only sinners who repent and then never seriously need forgiveness again.”
― Kingdom, Grace, Judgment: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus
― Kingdom, Grace, Judgment: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus
“The notion that people won't sin as long as you keep them well supplied with guilt and holy terror is a bit overblown.”
― Kingdom, Grace, Judgment: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus
― Kingdom, Grace, Judgment: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus
“What is good is difficult, and what is difficult is rare.”
― The Supper of the Lamb: A Culinary Reflection
― The Supper of the Lamb: A Culinary Reflection
“In this vale of sorrows, we should be careful about allowing abundance to con us out of hunger.”
― The Supper of the Lamb: A Culinary Reflection
― The Supper of the Lamb: A Culinary Reflection
“At the very worst, all you can be is dead - and for him who is the Resurrection and the Life, that just makes you his cup of tea.”
― Between Noon & Three: Romance, Law & the Outrage of Grace
― Between Noon & Three: Romance, Law & the Outrage of Grace
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