Sure it (the church) is a mess. People are a mess. But we are all better than the worst things we do. An just as we can see the evil that humans are capable of it in the worst sinners, we can also see the goodness we are capable of in the saints.
- Shane Claiborne, Follow Me To Freedom
We Are All Better Than The Worst Things We Do
June 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Are We Lessening The Value Of God’s Creation?
June 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
How we reckon with others is important in the sense that every person is created in the image of God. If we dare not reconcile, then we risk devaluing something God chose to create and that God Himself values. What does it say about our attitude toward God when in our eyes we lessen the value of something He created?
- John M. Perkins, Follow Me To Freedom
The Gospel Teaches Interdependence, Not Independence
June 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Independence may be a cultural value, but it is not a gospel value and it does not work when the going gets tough. The gospel teaches us not independence but interdependence… community.
- Shane Claiborne, Follow Me To Freedom
