"...our ability to connect the excess in our lives to the lack in our neighbors' lives attests to our new life in Christ." D. Gilliard (For the complete quote, click the link below.)
Tag: Quotes
Prayer Note #243: Broken by Sin–Redeemed to Serve
"May I also—broken and remade—be an instrument of your redemption; for the glory of your Name. Amen.” (For the complete prayer, click the link below.)
Quote of Note #261: Accountable Policing
"We are being the Christians God called us to be when we remind the state of the limits of its power." E. McCaulley (For complete quote, click the link below.)
Quote of Note #260: Justice & the Power of Privilege
"Privilege aborts justice, leading judicial systems, power structures, and governments to treat a person or group preferentially--with more compassion and dignity than others...." (For the complete quote, click the link below.)
Quote of Note #259: The True Ground of Democracy
". . . you may believe fallen men to be so wicked that not one of them can be trusted with any responsible power over his fellows. That I believe to be the true ground of democracy." C. S. Lewis (To see the complete quote, click on the link below.)
Quote of Note #258: God’s Presence in the Raging Storm
"God comes specifically and gladly into the midst of disasters and the sphere of death." H. Thielicke (For full quote, click the link below.)
Quote of Note #257: The Ruthless Use of Power
"Too often the price extracted by society for security and respectability is that the Christian movement in its formal expression must be on the side of the strong against the weak." H. Thurman (For complete quote, click the link below.)
Quote of Note #256: God on His Terms, Not Ours
". . . a way of life open and responsive to what God is doing rather than one in which we plot strategies to get God involved in what we are doing." E. Peterson (For the complete quote, click the link below."
Quote of Note #255: Following the Jesus Way
"...the very 'Way' Jesus walked on earth was and is: to be building a community of thankful healed persons busy in redeeming ordinary activities with joy, sharing gifts and goods to fill communal needs (cf. Acts 4:32-35), quietly exorcizing the spirit of vanity, violence, greed, and pride infecting leaders like a deadly virus." C. Seerveld (For complete quote, click the link below.)
Quote of Note #253: Justice Rooted in Love
"Love is the fiery heart beating at the center of the urgent call for justice in our world." J. Tisby (For the complete quote, click the link below.)
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