“God simply told us to think of Jesus as Immanuel, which means 'God with us.' How amazing that one of the main ways God wants us to think about the person of Jesus is as 'a sharing, an embrace of life by Life, a total identification of God with the object of his love.” GodJesusIncarnationGod With UsImmanuel Book:Faith Postures: Cultivating Christian Mindfulness Source: Faith Postures: Cultivating Christian Mindfulness
“Instead of practicing philoxenos, which means loving the stranger, we find many times that the church is xenophobic. We forget that Jesus, whom we claim to follow, was the ultimate lover of otherness in people. Even differences in religion didn't freak Jesus out when it came to loving people.” LoveJesusHospitalityXenophobicPhiloxenos Book:Faith Postures: Cultivating Christian Mindfulness Source: Faith Postures: Cultivating Christian Mindfulness