28 quotes found
“Wonder is the antidote to religion.”
“the weapon he used to transform the world was love.”
“…the weapon he used to transform the world was love.”
“those who are the most confident are often those who don't have any fun.”
“…those who are the most confident are often those who don't have any fun.”
“for exploring beyond the boundaries that I had been taught to stay within.”
“The moment we begin to believe we have got something about God figured out with certainty is the moment we can be sure we are no longer speaking about God.”
“When we are able to systematise and theologise God down to a set of absolute theological principles, I believe that we lose something essential. When our faith becomes nothing more than a stagnant ...”
“But when we are willing to walk in the way of Love, to embody the light of Christ to everyone we encounter, we open ourselves to see and understand the journeys of so many other peoplewe not only h...”
“But part of loving is sacrificing our ego's need to be right. Part of loving is realising that all of us are on the same journey, seeking the same things, but find ourselves at different places. Wh...”
“even if I discover that I don't particularly like or agree with them, I still can see that they are human beings, just like me. They are not an idea. They are not a concept. They are a real, living...”
“So eventually, our mutual ignorance of each other's faith cancelled each other out and we found ourselves at a stalemate, a common ground beyond our misunderstandings, where we could begin a health...”
“How easy it is for us to demonise from a distance. But when we stand face to face with our supposed enemy, it is hard to hate.”
“Jesus spent more time eating, drinking and lounging with 'tax collectors and sinners' than explaining the Roman Roadmap to Heaven or undermining their belief system.”
“What are we to do when we seem to grow out of God? Or at least the understanding of God that we grew up with?”
“Allowing myself to wander off into the vast jungles of religion and spirituality has often led to me stumbling upon life altering new ways of thinking, living, and being.”
“But it's only when we allow ourselves to get lost that we can have the opportunity to find and be found.”
“If they're not willing to explore beyond the realm of their safety, certainty, and comfort, they will never know if their fantasies are true.”
“What if one's tendency to go wandering off is truly a gift? What if the driving force beneath the curiosity that leads a person to wander off the beaten path is not immaturity, but the wild, untama...”
“I have come to see that exploration is not a practice of the unfaithful, but rather is exactly what being a follower of Christ is actually all about.”
“because he was far more interested in allowing his disciples to cultivate a relationship and trust with and in him than leading them to a place of "arrival".”
“We no longer find out identity or value in having the right theology or being a part of the right denomination.”
