The Litmus Test Of Our

God Loves Us As We Are...not As We Ought To Be. Because We Are Never Going To Be As We Ought To Be." --brennan Manning

Anyone We Come In Contact With, We Either Offer Them Life, Or We Drain Them.

I Have Been Seized By The Power Of A Great Affection.

The Story Goes That A Public Sinner Was Excommunicated And Forbidden Entry To The Church. He Took His Woes To God. 'they Won't Let Me In, Lord, Because I Am A Sinner.' 'what Are You Complaining About?' Said God. 'they Won't Let Me In Either.

I Am Deeply Distressed By What I Only Can Call In Our Christian Culture The Idolatry Of The Scriptures. For Many Christians, The Bible Is Not A Pointer To God But God Himself... God Cannot Be Confined Within The Covers Of A Leather-bound Book. I Develop A Nasty Rash Around People Who Speak As If Mere Scrutiny Of Its Pages Will Reveal Precisely How God Thinks And Precisely What God Wants.