All I know for sure is that I am alive now. I have been made who I am by the gifts to me of many people. I believe that the word God stands for those gifts that lift me beyond my limits, allow me to escape my survival-driven existence and invite me into a deeper experience of being human. As I give my life away, I experience life being expanded. As I share love, I find my ability to love is increased. When I have the courage to be myself, I find my participation in being itself enhanced. That is where I have glimpses of the divine and intimations of immortality.
~John Shelby Spong
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