The opposite of faith is not doubt: It is certainty. It is madness. You can tell you have created God in your own image when it turns out that he or... →
Anne Lamott
You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.
I've heard people say that God is the gift of desperation, and there's a lot to be said for having really reached a bottom where you've... →
The first holy truth in God 101 is that men and women of true faith have always had to accept the mystery of God's identity and love and ways. I... →
We're often ashamed of asking for so much help because it seems selfish or petty or narcissistic, but I think, if there's a God - and I... →
No one can appropriate God, goodness, the Bible or Jesus. It just seems that way.
I happen to be a Christian, but I know that there is one God. People worshipping goodness and love and kindness and truth are worshipping the same... →
I write because writing is the gift God has given me to help people in the world.
I do not have deep theological understanding or opinion, but I do not read the Bible as the literal word of God.
Baptists are very strong believers that the civil magistrate is ordained by God to punish those who do evil.
Richard Land