Cornel West on hope
“Hope and optimism are different. Optimism tends to be based on the notion that there’s enough evidence out there to believe things are gonna be better, much more rational, deeply secular, whereas hope… Continue reading
“Hope and optimism are different. Optimism tends to be based on the notion that there’s enough evidence out there to believe things are gonna be better, much more rational, deeply secular, whereas hope… Continue reading
If you want to build a ship, don’t summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and organize the work, rather teach people the yearning for the wide, boundless ocean. Antoine de… Continue reading
wondering is the simple capacity to behold the world around you (and within you), to be awed by its mystery, to be made curious by its difference, and to marvel at its compelling… Continue reading
suffering itself is not the source of our redemption; the persistence of love in the midst of suffering is that redemptive source. serene jones, trauma+grace
i really appreciate this perspective on the aim of preaching. from Serene Jones’ Trauma + Grace: …the task of preaching, at its best, is often aimed at empowering people to make better constructive… Continue reading
hearts are unwieldy and often unpredictable sites of meaning-making. serene jones, trauma+grace
I believe saying thanks is one of the most holy things we do. keith anderson, president of mars hill graduate school
sanctify the place you are in. joseph campbell, follow your bliss
“In community we work out our connectedness to God, to one another, and to ourselves. It is in community where we find out who we really are. It is life with another that… Continue reading
care gives and receives both sorrow and delight. if you have someone who will weep with you, delight in the goodness of your glory, and confront you honestly and tenderly about your failures,… Continue reading