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We get it Scott. You did a lot of coke.

“If we organize a service, we have to be aware that we cannot organize God but only offer boundaries within which God's presence can be sensed.”

When Israel remembers God's great acts of love and compassion, she enters into these great acts them-selves. To remember is not simply to look back at past events; more importantly, it is to bring these events into the present and celebrate them here and now. For Israel, remembrance means participation.”

“By hiding parts of our story, not only from our own consciousness but also from God's eye, we claim a divine role for ourselves; we become judges of our own past and limit mercy to our own fears.”

“…what is forgotten cannot be healed and that which cannot be healed easily becomes the cause of greater evil.”

“When the world's sole superpower willingly restrains its power and abides by internationally agreed-upon standards of conduct, it sends a message that these are rules worth following, and robs terrorists and dictators of the argument that these rules are simply tools of American imperialism.”

The chapter on Faith was very impactful. Obama writes of how the religious right hijacked the faith and how progressive politicians’ aversion to religious ideals and language has been to the Democratic Party’s detriment. How do we engage our faith in political life in a pluralistic society, and how do we demonstrate that we do so not just to be pluralistic, but because it aligns with our faith?

“…no matter how much Christians who oppose homosexuality may claim that they hate the sin but love the sinner, such a judgment inflicts pain on good people-people who are made in the image of God, and who are often truer to Christ's message than those who condemn them.”

“We do have truth. It is the story of God handed down in Scripture, in the church, and in its ministry of worship. The antidote to an intellectual spirituality is not an anti-intellectual spirituality but a spirituality rooted in God’s story that stands on its own. What I mean by this is that God’s story is a vision of reality that does not need to be supported by reason, science, or any other discipline.”