Just a moment...
Thirty years ago, I saw mystery as a country to be vanquished. Today, I see mystery as a place in which to dwell.
If I wanted someone to blame for my early animosity to mystery, there are probably two culprits: fundamentalism and philosophy. I came to the Christian faith, from an unchurched background, by way of a fundamentalism that, now looking
... See moreMockingbird • Notes From the Cosmic Sea
When my carefully constructed life finally came crashing down, the crisis forced me to set those ambitions aside and focus instead on breathing. My new friends kept me afloat. With their encouragement and guidance, I started facing and accepting the truth about what I’d done and who I’d tried to be. As I took that ugly truth to God, approaching him
... See moreNate Larkin • Samson and the Pirate Monks
I once saw God’s mercy as patient, benevolent tolerance, a kind of grudging forgiveness, but now mercy has become for me God’s very self-understanding , a loving allowing, a willing breaking of the rules by the One who made the rules—a wink and a smile, a firm and joyful taking of our hand while we clutch at our sins and gaze at God in desire and... See more
Richard Rohr • Receiving God’s Mercy
What’s “believable” has changed, and what we have always believed has been challenged. In response to this, some are eager to offer “updated” versions of Christian faith, revisionist versions of the gospel that are more acceptable, less scandalous—more relevant and less offensive.
James K. A. Smith • Discipleship in the Present Tense: Reflections on Faith and Culture
I do wonder, do all those who pray, “Your kingdom come, your will be done,” really want a change in the status quo, or are they pretty satisfied with the “kingdom” we have in the here and now?