Religion tends to prefer and protect the status quo or the supposedly wonderful past, yet what we now see is that religion often simply preserves its own power and privilege. God does not need our protecting.
Richard Rohr
Remember, this is a journey to the cross. On our way we need to learn why we must go there. It is not because of our great wisdom and ability to be good disciples. It’s because of our weakness and sinfulness, our lack of faith and spiritual insight, our failure to love and be generous toward others, our discomfort with God and his ways. It is because we need forgiveness, cleansing, and renewal.
Chaplin Mike
How free is the butterfly who does not spread its wings?
How free is the instrument if no one plays its strings?
How free is the giant ship when moored upon dry land?
How free is the ostrich whose head is in the sand?
How free is the bird once loosed, his cage now out of sight?… If the foolish avian refused to take flight?
Though I’ve said, “I’m free in Christ,” to walk by faith, I’ve failed. And though my chains have been untied, my boat has never sailed.
The phrase “my thoughts & prayers go with you” has become a way of abdicating responsibility for being involved in other people’s lives and trying to heal their brokenness and meet their needs.
Erwin McManus
I don’t want to stop exploring the mystery, delving ever deeper into possibilities that spark the imagination and spirit. I don’t want those who hear me to nod knowingly, with a banal sense of doctrinal agreement but without feeling the awesome pull of something unexplainable but real.
Chaplin Mike – internet Monk