Friday, June 21, 2013

Whenever God is invoked to justify prejudice, contempt, and hostility within the Body of Christ, then it is time to heed the words of Meister Eckhart: "I pray that I may be quit of God to find God." Our closed human concepts of gospel and God can prevent us from fully experiencing both.

-Brennan Manning
Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging

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