Travis

“Opinions about how it ought to function can only be personal opinions, and any assertion that the purpose for which human life exists has in fact been revealed by the One whose purpose it is, is treated as unacceptable dogmatism.”
― Lesslie Newbigin, The Gospel in a Pluralist Society

“Steve said, “I don’t know. I really don’t. All I know is that my life is better when I assume that people are doing their best.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“The reward of the search is to go on searching. The soul’s desire is fulfilled by the very fact of its remaining unsatisfied, for really to see God is never to have had one’s fill of desiring Him. Gregory of Nyssa”
― Debra Hirsch, Redeeming Sex: Naked Conversations About Sexuality and Spirituality

“Modern science has placed in human hands the power to do things that were previously unimaginable. Technology, the development of ever more sophisticated
means for achieving any end we choose, dominates modern and modernized societies. But there is a growing perception that science and technology are no substitute for wisdom - for the power to discern what ends are in accordance with the truth and the power to judge rightly between alternative ends.”
― Lesslie Newbigin, Proper Confidence: Faith, Doubt, and Certainty in Christian Discipleship