We might call this the “Eisenhower strategy” [of public theology], or its general attitude is encapsulated in Eisenhower’s (in)famous claim, “our government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith and I don’t care what it is.” — Charles Mathewes
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Barbara Brown Taylor
Prayer is more than something I do. The longer I practice prayer, the more I think it is something that is always happening, like a radio wave that carries music through the air whether I tune in to it or not. — Barbara Brown Taylor
David Steindl-Rast
[P]ain is a small price to pay for freedom from self-deception. — David Steindl-Rast
Kathleen Norris
For grace to be grace, it must give us things we didn’t know we needed and take us to places where we didn’t want to go.
Wendell Berry
Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do. — Wendell Berry
Evan Eisenberg
Without wildness, civilization could not survive. The converse does not hold. — Evan Eisenberg
C.S. Lewis
If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth—only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair. — C.S. Lewis
Frederick Douglass
Were I to be reduced again to the chains, I regard being the slave of a religious slaveholder the greatest calamity that could befall me. They are the worst, the basest, the meanest, the most cruel and cowardly of all others. — Frederick Douglass
Eugenia Price
Laughter at oneself is always proof that God has healed us in the touchy places. — Eugenia Price
Muriel Lester
War is as outmoded as cannibalism, chattel slavery, blood feuds, and dueling, an insult to God and humanity . . . and a daily crucifixion of Christ. — Muriel Lester