In the tradition of Julian of Norwich and St. Teresa of Avila and all the other mystics, we can learn to render ourselves vulnerable to the "favors of God" - those indescribable experiences that mock our dualisms and so saturate our imagination with abundance that they transcend our ability to convey joy and wonder. In the tradition of St. John of the Cross, we can learn to survive and derive benefits from the soul's dark night.
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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