“We do need to be born again, since Jesus said that to a guy
named Nicodemus. But if you tell me I have to be born again to enter the
Kingdom of God, I can tell you that you have to sell everything you have and
give it to the poor, because Jesus said that to one guy, too. But I guess
that's why God invented highlighters, so we can highlight the parts we like and
ignore the rest.”
― Shane Claiborne, The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an
Ordinary Radical
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sometimes it seems
that we are not defined by our faith
as we are defined by our dogma
our faith is about union and communion
it is about the disturbing but empowering presence of the
sacred
dogma is about values and beliefs
but more it is about what, among all the words that are in
the sacred writings
we choose to highlight
and about what
when driven by political ideology
economic convenience
and prejudice
we choose to ignore
when we ignore the core the of the message
and “major in minors”
we find that the fruit of faith
is anger and fear
polarization and exclusion
it has to make Jesus weep
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(yes I have been reading quotes by politicians, newscasters,
and others
who show clearly that
they ignore more of the Gospel than embrace)
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