For me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of Jesus Christ.
BRENNAN MANNINGWhen our inner child is not nurtured and nourished, our minds gradually close to new ideas, unprofitable commitments and the surprises of the Spirit.
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What makes the Kingdom come is heartfelt compassion: a way of tenderness that knows no frontiers, no labels, no compartmentalizing, and no sectarian divisions.
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In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.
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That which is denied cannot be healed.
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You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.
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Our hearts of stone become hearts of flesh when we learn where the outcast weeps.
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If in our hearts we really don’t believe that God loves us as we are, if we are still tainted by the lie that we can do something to make God love us more, we are rejecting the message of the cross.
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If asked whether I am finally letting God love me, just as I am, I would answer, ‘No, but I’m trying.
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When our inner child is not nurtured and nourished, our minds gradually close to new ideas, unprofitable commitments and the surprises of the Spirit.
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There is a beautiful transparency to honest disciples who never wear a false face and do not pretend to be anything but who they are.
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The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took his woes to God. ‘They won’t let me in, Lord, because I am a sinner.’ ‘What are you complaining about?’ said God. ‘They won’t let Me in either.
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The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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God is loving us – you and me – this moment, just as we are and not as we should be.
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The sorrow of God lies in our fear of Him, our fear of life, and our fear of ourselves. He anguishes over our self-absorption and self-sufficiency… God’s sorrow lies in our refusal to approach Him when we sinned and failed.
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Christianity doesn’t deny the reality of suffering and evil Our hope is not based on the idea that we are going to be free of pain and suffering. Rather, it is based on the conviction that we will triumph over suffering.
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To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and what God’s grace means.
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