Christianity’s call is never to collect power with which to rule the world. It is, rather, to be a light in the world’s darkness, the yeast or leaven in the world’s bread and salt in the world’s soup. Pilate was a symbol of the Christians’ misunderstanding of their ultimate vocation. We are to bring the presence of God to all of life, not to rule it. We are to love our enemies, not to co-opt secular leaders so that they will help us to destroy our enemies. There is a difference.
" The ultimate meaning of the Bible escapes human limits and calls us to a recognition that every life is holy, every life is loved, and every life is called to be all that that life is capable of being. The Bible is, thus, not about religion at all but about becoming deeply and fully human. It issues the invitation to live fully, to love wastefully and to have the courage to be our most complete selves."
When we enter into the life of God, we can no longer call unclean that which God has made and those whom God loves. We can no longer use religion to suggest that there is anyone that God has made who is condemned to live beyond the boundaries of the love of God. Prejudice dies in that moment and universalism is born. That is what atonement is all about. How badly we have misread its meaning. God’s love is not and can never be bound by the limits of our love.
~John Shelby Spong
"As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way."
- Mary Anne Radmacher: a writer of philosophy, poetry, religion & spirituality
"The truth is that we are all wounded. The only question is whether we use our wounds to hurt others or whether we use them to become healers."
-Dr. Cornell West
"Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world."
-Desmond Tutu
"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no educational all."
-Aristotle
"It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving but like the morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Everything you've ever wanted is one step out of your comfort zone."
- Anonymous
“The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it’s all that matters.”
-Audrey Hepburn
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