February 2012
38 posts
“We wisely challenge understandings of God that are too small. Then we think we...”
– Brian McLaren (speaking at the Sustainable Faith Conference)
Anonymous asked: If Hauerwas was a letter, would he be G, L, B, T, Q, I, or A? And yes, those are the only letters than you can choose.
“Insider Fact Two, American Evangelicals and Conservative Catholics are raised...”
– F. Schaeffer
“…there is simply no way to read the Bible I read and not come to the...”
– Mike Lux (on Santorum’s Bible)
“Our biggest challenges come when we assume that those who hold worldviews or...”
– Doug Pagitt (a speaker at the Sustainable Faith Conference!!)
Anonymous asked: Chuck, fuck or marry: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lady Gaga & Mary Baker Eddy.
Excerpt from Rita Brock's "Saving Paradise"
The ritual of baptism usually took place on Saturday of Holy Week. In the dead of night, the candidates - children, women and men - climbed the winding streets to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The congregation was already assembled outside to keep vigil and sing psalms. As the candidates arrive, church members surrounded and welcome them, cheering them on….Cyril of Alexandria, dressed in...
Just ANNOUNCED: Bernice Powell Jackson will be...
In 2007 she spoke these words, that gave me chills:
“Hope, for Christians, is inextricably linked to the love of God, which is the message of Jesus, which is Jesus himself. On this day, in this place, at this time, Jesus’ words resound throughout the rafters and among the pews of this hallowed place. Words of hope and not words of despair. Words of life and not words of death. Words of love...
Could it be that the image of an omnipotent God is...
“I don’t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want...”
– Aldous Huxley
Some people say we’re unrealistic, idealistic, that it can’t happen. But I say the ones who are unrealistic are those that want to continue on the old path. That’s dreaming.
Another world is possible, and she might already be here :)
I do not see prayer as a “magic bullet” or the invocation of a supernatural deity who routinely violates the laws of nature on my behalf.
“Participating in a church community and beginning to share its values becomes a path toward belief rather than a consequence of what one already believes. (In one author’s pithy expression, “believe, behave, belong” is replaced by “belong, behave, believe.”) A range of people— those attracted to the Christian proposition, those who clearly affirm it,...
Spiritual fitness by Wade Hodges:
“Start with grace. Practice humility. Ask big questions. Love others with your words AND your actions. Break bread with people who aren’t like you. Move toward your fears. Be hyper-sensitive to arrogance and entitlement in yourself. Be quick to forgive the faults you see in others. Pray for others more than you pray for yourself. Bounce your eyes and take...
“Jesus’ blood was not shed to pay human debts to God; rather, it was shed...”
– Andrew Sung-Park
Prophetic Christianity – critiquing the empire Therapeutic Christianity – chaplains to the empire Messianic Christianity – escaping everything (including the empire) through utopian visions
Read more here.
“Most of us were taught that God would love us if and when we change. In fact,...”
– Richard Rohr
“Healthy spirituality involves a constant process of growth and renewal, of growing like young Jesus, in wisdom and stature – in awareness of God’s presence in the small and the large; in ability to embrace as much reality – and novelty and diversity – as possible while preserving your expanding spirit.”
Bruce Epplery
Did Jesus finish the job? No. Did Jesus shirk every convention of his day? No. Did Jesus establish a precedent and set us on trajectory towards liberation and equality for all? Yes.
A Must Read | Nadia Weber
If you are a Christian who takes offense at swear words or believes for some reason that clergy should never be cranky or irritated, then I am not the person for you to follow. It’s ok. You don’t actually need me. The entire publishing arm of the Christian Industrial Complex (I believe my friend Shane Claiborne coined that term) has a great deal of material that is just for you!Countless...
January 2012
39 posts
“The stain of racism and sexism is not just one that affects people of color and...”
– Viola Davis (via browneyedamazon)
Ignorance, not deformity, is the fundamental problem.
We are deprived, not depraved.
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