Rufus Jones – What is Vital?
The time has come – it is long overdue – for a Christianity that is fresh and vital and in conformity with established truth, but, what is no less important, proves its reality by the test-tube method
Quotations
George Bernard Shaw – The True joy of Life
This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments
Boff on the Liberative Import of the Christian Gospel
In my preparation for my upcoming class on “Culture and Systems Change” at George Fox Seminary, I came across this quote from Leonardo Boff in his book on Base Ecclesial Communities. In it he aptly
Nothing is more practical than finding God…than falling in love
Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination will affect everything. It will decide
A Light Is Lit in Order to Give Light (Romero)
A Christian community is evangelized in order to evangelize. A light is lit in order to give light. A candle is not lit to be put under a bushel, said Christ. It is lit and
Romero on Christmas
No one can celebrate a genuine Christmas without being truly poor. The self-sufficient, the proud, those who, because they have everything, look down on others, those who have no need even of God–for them
Our River: John Greenleaf Whittier (Poem)
We know the world is rich with streams Renowned in song and story, Whose music murmurs through our dreams Of human love and glory: We know that Arno’s banks are fair, And Rhine has
Morning Prayer
This is a morning prayer written by Walter Rauschenbusch I have been praying this month as I work on my dissertation.
I Have Only Today (Prayer)
This is one of my favorite prayers and one that was brought to my attention again today. My life is an instant, An hour which passes by; My life is a moment Which I have
We Must Awaken to Hope…
We must awaken to hope, resisting the temptation to despair that history cannot be any different, that another world is not in fact possible. Here we must remember our sisters Shiphrah and Purah [Hebrew midwives
They Have Threatened Us With Resurrection (1980) By Julia Esquivel
A powerful and challenging poem I came across this week. They Have Threatened Us With Resurrection (1980) by Julia Esquivel; translated by Ann Woehrle It isn’t the noise in the streets that keeps us
To Change the World Enough by Alice Walker
To change the world enough you must cease to be afraid of the poor. We experience your fear as the least pardonable of humiliations; in the past it has sent us scurrying off daunted and