“True patriotism is not worship of our nation but rather, in the light of our worship of the God of justice, to conform our nation's ways of justice.” WayLightNationsJusticeWorshipPatriotismConformTrue Patriotism Book:Unexpected News: Reading the Bible with Third World Eyes Source: Unexpected News: Reading the Bible with Third World Eyes
“Observermanship is the art of giving the impression that you are with it even though you don't know Latin very well.” KnowsGivingWellsArtImpressionLatin Book:Observer in Rome Source: Observer in Rome
“The Church cannot be content to live in its stained-glass house and throw stones through the picture window of modern culture.” CultureHouseChurchModernStonesWindowGlassesEyeglassesModern CultureStained GlassGlass Houses Book:THE SIGNIFIANCE OF THE CHURCH Source: THE SIGNIFIANCE OF THE CHURCH
“How does one keep from "growing old inside"? Surely only in community. The only way to make friends with time is to stay friends with people.... Taking community seriously not only gives us the companionship we need, it also relieves us of the notion that we are indispensable.” PeopleWayNeedsGivingDoeCommunityGrowingNotionCompanionshipIndispensableGrowing Old Author:Robert McAfee Brown
“To quarrel with God is to pay God the supreme compliment: it is to take God seriously. It is to say that God matters enough to be worth some anger. To be indifferent to God is to pay God the supreme insult. It is to say that nothing of consequence is at stake.” MatterEnoughPayConsequenceSupremeInsultThought ProvokingComplimentStakesIndifferentProvokingQuarrels Book:Elie Wiesel, messenger to all humanity Source: Elie Wiesel, messenger to all humanity
“Who we listen to determines what we hear. Where we stand determines what we see. What we do determines who we are.” DetermineWho We Are Author:Robert McAfee Brown
“Prayer for many is like a foreign land. When we go there, we go as tourists. Like most tourists, we feel uncomfortable and out of place. Like most tourists, we therefore move on before too long and go somewhere else.” FeelsLongMovingPrayerLandUncomfortableSomewhere ElseTouristsTourismForeign Lands Author:Robert McAfee Brown
