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“I hadn’t thought much about the saints; they seemed a Catholic thing, impossibly holy people. But I was learning to see them as witnesses to our limitations and God’s vast possibilities (as well as sense of humor), as Christian theology torn from the page and brought to life.”

“The question for Jesus is not what the Torah allows, but what God intended.”

Some major theology of scripture content here!

Looking forward to seeing the hype and understanding the strong reactions to this one!

Sigh

There’s nothing else to write. McCaulley has written it all

“Peacemaking cannot be separated from truth telling.”

I did not expect to laugh out loud while reading this

Someone convince me not to DNF. 45 pages and not one significant or memorable scene yet

Strangest book I’ve ever read

Every book will be easy to read after finishing the goldfinch

“Where religious identity is wedded to political power, we may resist, although never by adopting the tactics of those in charge. We may test the premise that God uses the weak to confound the strong, as well as the promise that the God who made others different from us is revealed in them as well as us. ‘The supreme religious challenge is to see God‘s image in the one who is not in our image.’ Rabbi Sacks”

“We have art in order not to die from the truth.” Nietzsche

Finally making progress on this one

I’ve read shorter books than what I’ve read to get to 27%

Almost DNF’d but now I’m invested