January 2012
21 posts
“Remember, always remember, that the heartfelt desire to do the will of God is,...”
– Richard Rohr, Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps
“Faith has degenerated into the confident belief in certain facts, and a...”
– Moltmann (via azspot)
“Our electoral system, already hostage to corporate money and corporate...”
– Chris Hedges, Thank You for Standing Up
“Of course, whenever people discover that other folk are going out of their way...”
– N.T. Wright (via azspot)
“I always tell people who ask if they can quote me that if it is true wisdom then...”
– Richard Rohr, adapted from On the Threshold of Transformation
“God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites, so...”
– Rumi (via thefreenomad)
“I am with you always,
you promised that,
and when I realized that it was true,...”
– Rumi (via thefreenomad)
““Wisdom is bright and does not grow dim … and is found by those who look...”
– Richard Rohr, From The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See
“Pessimism and optimism are the flip sides of the same coin. We should reject the...”
– Cornel West (via karamazov-alexei)
“If you board the wrong train it is no use running...
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- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.”
– Jacques Derrida (via yourperestroika)
This is exactly why the sub-title of my spirituality is “fake it ‘til you make it.” miketodd07
“The folly at the root of this foolish economy began with the idea that a...”
– Wendell Berry (via azspot)
“Let me tell you what keeps me up at night. My deepest fear in life is that I’m...”
– Experimental Theology (via slacktivist)
“When did the incarnation begin? It began with the “Big Bang,” 14.5 billion years...”
– Richard Rohr, Adapted from Soul Centering Through Nature: Becoming a True Human Adult(webcast)
“Who we have been and who we are becoming create who we are.”
“Our DNA is divine. The divine indwelling is never earned by any behavior...”
– Richard Rohr, Adapted from The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See , p. 22
“To be a Christian is to live dangerously, honestly, freely — to step in the name...”
– Cornel West, Democracy Matters (via catechumenate)
“Why is it that if in most boardrooms, you uttered words like...”
– Umair Haque, Betterness: Economics For Humans
“Without the perspective that sees evil as a dark force that stands behind human...”
– N.T. Wright (via azspot) 