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“To love one another as He loves us, is the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. For it is love that kills our outward man’s ways; buries him in baptism; and causes our inward-man (named Jesus) to resurrect...”
“Christian feminists can celebrate any sort of feminism that brings more justice and human flourishing to the world, no matter who is bringing it, since we recognize the hand of God in all that is g...”
“There is no more hateful person than a Christian who thinks you’ve got your theology wrong.”
“The line between sacred and secular is man-made.”
“Unlike temporal leadership, in which violence and death often proliferate, Christ’s rule signifies reunion between predator and prey, malefactors and innocents.”
“We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away”
“You can do anything under one condition”
“To know oneself and one’s end or goal in life is true wisdom—knowledge of the heart more than the head.”
“We must realize that even though the sacred text of the scriptures could never be improved or changed, flesh certainly can!”
“The world is not looking for proof of Jesus Christ”
“We don’t like death. We’d rather produce seeds another way. But death to ourselves, our agendas, our expectations, our hopes is necessary to find deep joy that comes when we fully relinquish oursel...”
“Rest in your God-breathed worth. Stop holding your breath, hiding your gifts, ducking your head, dulling your roar, distracting your soul, stilling your hands, quieting your voice, and satiating yo...”
“...here is, very simply, what I learned about Jesus and the ladies: he loves us. He loves us. On our own terms. He treats us as equals to the men around him; he listens; he does not belittle; he ho...”
“Many of the seminal social issues of our time - poverty, lack of education, human trafficking, war and torture, domestic abuse - can track their way to our theology of, or beliefs about, women, whi...”
“So here is what I see when we reclaim the church ladies: a woman loved and free is beautiful. She is laughing with her sisters, and together they are telling their stories, revealing their scars an...”
“Dark night of the soul,” said Jesus, “Happens to everybody sooner or later.”
“Sin is a fundamental failure to rejoice in what we should rejoice in.”
“...pray for the grace to realize that no matter where you are, you are in the presence of the Lord.”
“Prayer doesn’t begin with our needs, but with his bounty.”
“It shouldn’t surprise us…to find that prayer is not finally about getting things from God, but getting God.”
