October 2011
32 posts
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Being human always points, and is directed, to something, or someone, other than...
– Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning (via simplicityduplicity)
A beautiful summation of the Good News (miketodd07)
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Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our...
– G. K. Chesterton (via caseydeann)
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We cannot accuse our sinful nature for God invites us as we are. It is laziness...
– Saint John Chrysostom (via orthodoxbrit)
The will of God is not a ‘fate’ to which we must submit, but a...
– Thomas Merton, quoted in Richard Rohr’s Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps
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Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough...
– Cornel West (via ninuile)
Philosophically speaking, the claim that the Bible in its entirety is literal...
– Peter Rollins (via azspot)
Christians are usually sincere and well-intentioned people until you get to any...
– Richard Rohr, Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps
When Christianity loses its material/physical/earthly interests, it has very...
– Richard Rohr, Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps
September 2011
19 posts
When consumers and businesses can’t boost the economy on their own, the...
– Robert Reich
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God is a subject to be related to, not an object to be studied or mediated on....
– Soren Kierkegaard. (via goodandimperfect)
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To be a follower of Christ is to be biased for the poor.
In life, we all have...
– Tim King (via azspot)
So I’m convinced your deepest problem is not the cigarettes you smoke or the...
– via Beth Maynard
Write to be understood
Speak to be heard
Read to grow
– The Monster in Your Head
Do the activities we participate in as church act as token gestures or perverse...
– Peter Rollins (via azspot)