The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one. from Catcher in the Rye-----------------------------------------------Gender-inclusive version: The mark of the immature...
If your Gospel dehumanizes people in order to save them, it's not Good News, it's propaganda. Not in service of their well being, but in establishment of your privilege. Not to give cause to love them, but to give reason for your hatred.
If we Christians don’t acknowledge our damaged reputation in our culture, we won’t be able to lament the brokenness it has caused. If we Christians don’t lament the brokenness it has caused, we won’t be able to confess the sins that led to such brokenness. If we...
He who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral. Why? Because anger looks to the good of justice. And if you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.----------------------------------------------Gender-inclusive...
Our public witness as Christians should cause our world to say, "look at the power of their love," not "look at how much they love power."
If your theology causes you to treat other people as less worthy of a home or love or care or safety than yourself--it isn't worth keeping. Religion at its best will always welcome the stranger, mend wounds, share blessings, remove barriers, and expand the table.
Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.
Meditation is old and honorable, so why should I not sit, every morning of my life, on the hillside, looking into the shining world? Because, properly attended to, delight, as well as havoc, is suggestion. Can one be passionate about the just, the ideal, the sublime,...
A few years ago, Tom Friedman had a column on the op-ed page of the New York Times called "The Taxi Driver." He told of being driven by cab from Charles de Gaulle Airport to Paris. During the one-hour trip, he and the driver had done six things: the driver had driven...
I think my despair is people still opt for causing pain rather than feeling it.