Cross Purposes

“We are called to tell God’s story, and instead we insist on telling the story of empire.”

“Part of our life of faith lies in wrestling with the mystery of the Incarnation, wondering persistently about Jesus as fully human and Jesus as fully divine.”

“Who are we in relation to the self, in relation to other people, in relation to nature and the world around us, in relation to God?”

“We don’t have to wait for generations to learn of God’s punishment for our modern-day idolatry. We can clearly see the consequences.”

“The theology of the cross tells us that God not only loves us, but also suffers with us.”

“Our God is a God of second chances, and third and fourth and fifth chances. That’s called grace. And our God sustains us to get through the test eventually, no matter how profoundly we have failed in the past. That’s called redemption.”

“Seasons of penitence call us to turn around, to change our thinking, to remember that it is in God that we live and move and have our being.”

“Jesus knew and he taught that God’s awesome power was nothing more or less than love: God’s never-failing, never-ending love for all of creation and for everyone living in it.”

“We need to be careful with our talk about personal demons, even if we understand them as a metaphor for the internal struggles resulting in that individual’s illness and pain.”

“God is calling all of us all the time. God calls us each individually, and God collectively calls entire communities—like the Church of the Holy Comforter.”