It used to be that Christian institutions and systems of dogma sustained the spiritual life of Christians. Increasingly, spirituality itself is what sustains everything else. Alan Jones is a pioneer in reimagining a Christian faith that emerges from authentic spirituality. His work stimulates and encourages me deeply
Ask me if Christianity (my version of it, yours, the Pope's, whoever's) is orthodox, meaning true, and here's my honest answer: a little, but not yet… - Brian D. Mclaren
Ask me if Christianity (my version of it, yours, the Pope's, whoever's) is orthodox, meaning true, and here's my honest answer: a little, but not yet…
- Brian D. Mclaren
It's not about the church meeting your needs; it's about joining the mission of God's people to meet the world's needs. - Brian D. Mclaren
It's not about the church meeting your needs; it's about joining the mission of God's people to meet the world's needs.
The cross is almost a distraction and false advertisement for God. - Brian D. Mclaren
The cross is almost a distraction and false advertisement for God.
If Jesus, Moses, the Buddha and Mohammed were to bump into each other along the road and go have a cup of tea or whatever, I think we all know th… - Brian D. Mclaren
If Jesus, Moses, the Buddha and Mohammed were to bump into each other along the road and go have a cup of tea or whatever, I think we all know th…
What if Jesus' secret message reveals a secret plan?”. What if he didn't come to start a new religion-but rather came to start a political, social, r… - Brian D. Mclaren
What if Jesus' secret message reveals a secret plan?”. What if he didn't come to start a new religion-but rather came to start a political, social, r…
When any sector of the Church stops learning, God simply overflows the structures that are in the way and works outside them with those willing to le… - Brian D. Mclaren
When any sector of the Church stops learning, God simply overflows the structures that are in the way and works outside them with those willing to le…
Jesus doesn’t dominate the other, avoid the other, colonize the other, intimidate the other, demonize the other, or marginalize the other. He incarna… - Brian D. Mclaren
Jesus doesn’t dominate the other, avoid the other, colonize the other, intimidate the other, demonize the other, or marginalize the other. He incarna…
Jesus was short on sermons, long on conversations; short on answers, long on questions; short on abstraction and propositions, long on stories and pa… - Brian D. Mclaren
Jesus was short on sermons, long on conversations; short on answers, long on questions; short on abstraction and propositions, long on stories and pa…
We must never underestimate our power to be wrong when talking about God, when thinking about God, when imagining God, whether in prose or in poetry.… - Brian D. Mclaren
We must never underestimate our power to be wrong when talking about God, when thinking about God, when imagining God, whether in prose or in poetry.…
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