Faith and doubt were bound together, with each a check against the other--doubt preventing faith from being too sure of itself and faith keeping doubt from going down the pit of despair. from The Cross and the Lynching Tree
We are not what we do. We are not what we have. We are not what others think of us. Coming home is claiming the truth. I am the beloved child of a loving Creator. We no longer have to beg for permission from the world to exist.
You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
The idea that God's providence means that he looks after those who serve him by a special use of his power in terms of favoritism is an immoral idea and insulting to both man and God. No true Christian wants to opt out of the trials that beset others, and no worthy...
The church is church only when it is there for others...not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell people in every calling what a life with Christ is, what it means "to be there for others." from Letters and Papers from Prison
Repentance isn't about blame, or avoiding the cost of being blamed. It's about putting on a new mind, that is, seeing the familiar with fresh eyes, changing one's opinions and behaviors in order to come closer to God's desire. Repentance seeks change, not blame....
Doing the Gospel rather than just quoting it was the best way I could find out what God was up to. I didn't believe in dragging souls into some special club of the saved... My only sense of "mission" now was to show others that they, too, could feed and touch and heal...
Help me to understand, O God, how intimately healing is related to the presence of your realm. Grant that I may not only be healed myself, so that I am whole in your Spirit, but also that I may reach out with healing to others. Through Jesus, the worker of miracles,...
Wholeness is relational as well as individual. We cannot separate our own health from the health of those around us... When we appropriately love other peoples' bodies by insuring that they have adequate food, shelter, health care, communal support, and political...
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.