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"God is not beholden to retributive justice. We are the ones who demand sacrificial victims, not God. We are the ones who insist upon a brutal logic that says God can't just forgive. We are the ones who mindlessly say, 'God can't forgive; he has to satisfy justice.' But this is ridiculous. It's a projection of our own pettiness upon the grandeur of God. Of course God can just forgive! That's what forgiveness is!"

Finally getting around to it. Tears shed and not even halfway through.

Finally getting around to this one. So much fantastically quotable material. As someone who has spent most of my life surrounded by "unbelieving activists and inactive believers," Claiborne's reflections on living as an ordinary radical are as comforting as they are challenging.

Finally got around to finishing this book. It's one of the few that's made me laugh out loud while reading. Thanks for the gift, Mom!

I swear I'll finish this book one day.