Curtsey while you're thinking what to say. It saves time.
To be in the mainline is to have a history and not simply to be an amalgam, a community church of who knows what that came from who knows where.
Jesus was not killed by atheism and anarchy. He was brought down by law and order allied with religion, which is always a deadly mix. Beware those who claim to know the mind of God and who are prepared to use force, if necessary, to make others conform. Beware those who cannot tell God's will from their own. Temple police are always a bad sign. When chaplains start wearing guns and hanging out at the sheriff's office, watch out. Someone is about to have no king but Caesar
The hardest spiritual work in the world is to love the neighbor as the self - to encounter another human being not as someone you can use, change, fix, help, save, enroll, convince or control, but simply as someone who can spring you from the prison of yourself, if you will allow it.
The problem is, many of the people in need of saving are in churches, and at least part of what they need saving from is the idea that God sees the world the same way they do.
Earth is so thick with divine possibility that it is a wonder we can walk anywhere without cracking our shins on altars.
As a general rule, I would say that human beings never behave more badly toward one another than when they believe they are protecting God.
Two meanings have our lightest fantasies,- One of the flesh, and of the spirit one.
You're always being led to your highest good, as long as you have the courage to listen.
I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on.
I was a beautiful vampire princess loved, worshiped and admired by all. I lived in a luxurious gothic castle and I have no idea how I ended up at this fiberglass table with you losers.