Sometimes I have experienced God in extraordinary ways - in dramatic surprises or soul-expanding insights or unexplainable mystical encounters. More often, I have felt God's reality in the simple encouragement of a friend, in the gentle inspiration of a sermon, or in the familiar ritual of the Eucharist and I'd be less than honest if I didn't also say that at times, I've found myself in the spiritual doldrums, cast adrift, wondering if the wind would ever blow again.
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…
- 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… - 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…
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.
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.
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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