I have, by God’s grace, learned as a member of the Christian community what is the nature of God’s mercy, which does not leave me to overcome my sin by my own effort, so I have something to say to the fellow-sufferer who does not know where to look for hope. And what I have to say depends utterly on my willingness not to let go of that awareness of myself that reminds me where I start each day—not as a finished saint but as a needy person still struggling to grow.
The Church exists to connect people at the level of their hunger for a new world. - Rowan Williams
The Church exists to connect people at the level of their hunger for a new world.
- Rowan Williams
I have, by God’s grace, learned as a member of the Christian community what is the nature of God’s mercy, which does not leave me to overcome my sin … - Rowan Williams
I have, by God’s grace, learned as a member of the Christian community what is the nature of God’s mercy, which does not leave me to overcome my sin …
In the context of interfaith encounter, we need to bring to the surface how our actual beliefs shape what we do - not simply to agree that kindness i… - Rowan Williams
In the context of interfaith encounter, we need to bring to the surface how our actual beliefs shape what we do - not simply to agree that kindness i…
Silence is letting what there is be what it is. In that sense it has to do profoundly with God: the silence of simply being. We experience that at ti… - Rowan Williams
Silence is letting what there is be what it is. In that sense it has to do profoundly with God: the silence of simply being. We experience that at ti…
The whole story of creation, incarnation, and our incorporation into the fellowship of Christ's body tells us that God desires us, as if we were God,… - Rowan Williams
The whole story of creation, incarnation, and our incorporation into the fellowship of Christ's body tells us that God desires us, as if we were God,…
We shall not find life by refusing to let go of our precious, protected selves. - Rowan Williams
We shall not find life by refusing to let go of our precious, protected selves.
Truth makes love possible; love makes truth bearable. - Rowan Williams
Truth makes love possible; love makes truth bearable.
The past is what the present is doing now. - Rowan Williams
The past is what the present is doing now.
Religion has always been a matter of community building; a matter of building precisely those relations of compassion, fellow feeling and - I dare to… - Rowan Williams
Religion has always been a matter of community building; a matter of building precisely those relations of compassion, fellow feeling and - I dare to…
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