“To be connected with the church is to be associated with scoundrels, warmongers, fakes, child-molesters, murderers, adulterers, and hypocrites of every description. It also, at the same time, identifies you with saints and the finest persons of heroic soul within every time, country, race, and gender. To be a member of the church is to carry the mantle of both the worst sin and the finest heroism of soul . . . because the church always looks exactly as it looked at the original crucifixion, God hung among thieves.” LooksChildrenPersonsSoulCountryChurchSinRaceWorstMembersOriginalsSaintGenderConnectedFakeDescriptionHeroicThievesHeroismHungFinestMurdererHypocriteCrucifixionScoundrelsWarmongersRace And Gender Author:Ronald Rolheiser
“This is perhaps the greatest moral challenge Jesus left us: We all do pretty well in love when the persons we are loving are warm and gracious, but can we be gracious and mellow in the face of bitterness, jealousy, hatred, withdrawal? That's the litmus test of love.” LoveWellsPersonsFacesJesusLeftChallengesMoralHatredTestsWarmBitternessGraciousWithdrawalMellowTests Of Love Author:Ronald Rolheiser
