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The Shadow Versus the Milquetoast
The image of Jesus portrayed in so many Sunday schools is that of the shadowless milquetoast…
— James Hollis, Ph. D.
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The problem with people who have no vices is that you can be pretty sure that they’re going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
— Elizabeth Taylor
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To impose Christian thought and practice into public spaces without the consent of others is the spiritual equivalent of groping strangers. Just as people are not really playing baseball when they beat someone with a baseball bat, people are not really being “Christian” when they use Jesus to dominate others.
— Jim Rigby
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“We are not here on Earth to be alone, but to be a part of a living community, a web of life in which all is sacred. Like the cells of our body, all of life is in constant communication, as science is just beginning to understand. No bird sings in isolation, no bud breaks open alone. And the most central note that is present in life is its sacred nature, something we need to each rediscover and honor anew.
— Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
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Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder…
