December 2010
127 posts
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“Whereas purity divides and excludes, compassion unites and includes. For Jesus,...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
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“Whereas purity divides and excludes, compassion unites and includes. For Jesus,...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
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“The eunuch’s question to Philip, “What is to prevent me from being baptized?” is...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
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“The eunuch’s question to Philip, “What is to prevent me from being baptized?” is...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
“We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something...”
– Frederick Keonig (via quote-book)
“the meals of Jesus embodied his alternative vision of an inclusive community....”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
“the meals of Jesus embodied his alternative vision of an inclusive community....”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
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“For Jesus, compassion was more than a quality of God and an individual virtue:...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
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“For Jesus, compassion was more than a quality of God and an individual virtue:...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
“It occurs to me it is not so much the aim of the devil to lure me with evil as...”
– Blue Like Jazz (via lminter)
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“To say that God is compassionate is to say that God is “like a womb,” is...”
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“To say that God is compassionate is to say that God is “like a womb,” is...”
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“Quite often the Hebrew words for compassion and compassionate are translated...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
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“Quite often the Hebrew words for compassion and compassionate are translated...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
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“a woman feels compassion for the child of her own womb; a man feels compassion...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
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“a woman feels compassion for the child of her own womb; a man feels compassion...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
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“For Jesus, compassion was the central quality of God and the central moral...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
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“For Jesus, compassion was the central quality of God and the central moral...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
“It is not that I’m so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.”
– Albert Einstein (via myquotelibrary)
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“Finally, the image of Jesus as a spirit person has implications for how we think...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
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“Finally, the image of Jesus as a spirit person has implications for how we think...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
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“The image of God that goes with the understanding of Jesus as a spirit person is...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
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“The image of God that goes with the understanding of Jesus as a spirit person is...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
“We are all called to be contemplatives in the heart of the world — by seeking...”
– Mother Teresa (via kristenfrasca)
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“The modern worldview, derived from the Enlightenment, sees reality in material...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
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“The modern worldview, derived from the Enlightenment, sees reality in material...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
“Now I no longer see the Christian life as being primarily about believing. The...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
“Now I no longer see the Christian life as being primarily about believing. The...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
“Because if this is gonna be a Christian nation that DOESN’T help the poor,...”
– Stephen Colbert (via technipol)
“That life is ultimately not about believing or about being good. Rather, as I...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
“That life is ultimately not about believing or about being good. Rather, as I...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
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“postcritical naiveté is nicely illustrated by the account of an Native American...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
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“postcritical naiveté is nicely illustrated by the account of an Native American...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
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“What I believe is so magnificent, so glorious, that it is beyond finite...”
– Madeline L’Engle
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“To hear the birth stories again in a state of postcritical naiveté is to be able...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
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“To hear the birth stories again in a state of postcritical naiveté is to be able...”
– Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
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“Here is God’s heart for each of us willing to turn to Him with our ache:...”
– John Lynch
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“Here is God’s heart for each of us willing to turn to Him with our ache:...”
– John Lynch
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“Belief is always a risk, a gamble—an adventure, if you will. The line between...”
– Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town
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“Belief is always a risk, a gamble—an adventure, if you will. The line between...”
– Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town
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“Most of the people I’ve encountered are looking not for a religion to answer all...”
– Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town
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“Most of the people I’ve encountered are looking not for a religion to answer all...”
– Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town
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“I have a feeling that what people are really asking is, Do you think that...”
– Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town
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“I have a feeling that what people are really asking is, Do you think that...”
– Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town
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“Faith is a journey, and every generation contributes its own sketches to the...”
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Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town
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“Faith is a journey, and every generation contributes its own sketches to the...”
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Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town
