There is a deep sense in which we are all ghost towns. We are all haunted by the memory of those we love, those with whom we feel we have unfinished business. While they may no longer be with us, a faint aroma of their presence remains, a presence that haunts us until we make our peace with them and let them go. The problem, however, is that we tend to spend a great deal of energy in attempting to avoid the truth. We construct an image of ourselves that seeks to shield us from a confrontation with our ghosts. Hence we often encounter them only late at night, in the corridors of our dreams.
Faith, then, is not a set of beliefs about the world. It is rather found in the loving embrace of the world. Because the actual existing church has r… - Peter Rollins
Faith, then, is not a set of beliefs about the world. It is rather found in the loving embrace of the world. Because the actual existing church has r…
- Peter Rollins
Whatever you believe, be open to being wrong - Peter Rollins
Whatever you believe, be open to being wrong
To believe is human to doubt is divine. - Peter Rollins
To believe is human to doubt is divine.
There is a deep sense in which we are all ghost towns. We are all haunted by the memory of those we love, those with whom we feel we have unfinished … - Peter Rollins
There is a deep sense in which we are all ghost towns. We are all haunted by the memory of those we love, those with whom we feel we have unfinished …
I deny the resurrection every time I turn my back on the poor or become a cog in a system of injustice - Peter Rollins
I deny the resurrection every time I turn my back on the poor or become a cog in a system of injustice
Christianity can be described as a theological materialism: It is that which transforms our material existence. If our faith does not throw us into … - Peter Rollins
Christianity can be described as a theological materialism: It is that which transforms our material existence. If our faith does not throw us into …
If you cannot speak your brokenness, your brokenness will speak for you. - Peter Rollins
If you cannot speak your brokenness, your brokenness will speak for you.
What if one of the core elements of a radical Christianity lay in a demand that we betray it, while the ultimate act of affirming God required the fo… - Peter Rollins
What if one of the core elements of a radical Christianity lay in a demand that we betray it, while the ultimate act of affirming God required the fo…
The church is a place where we make our prejudice sacred. - Peter Rollins
The church is a place where we make our prejudice sacred.
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