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and wisdom for all - including the homosexuals
Seek first the kingdom of God, and His justice,
and all things shall be given to you. - The
Bible, Matt 6:33
That the saints say these words out of humility
and not because they are true... - From Canon
on sin and grace, The council of Carthage (417
AD)
He who begins by loving Christianity better than
Truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or
church better than Christianity, and end in
loving himself better than all. - Coleridge
(famous philosopher)
Don't fix your life, so you would be left alone
right when you come to the middle of it. - A
line from the movie The object of my Affection
(on relationship)
What God has made clean, you must not call
profane. - The Bible, Act 10:15
Always forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them
so much. - Oscar Wilde (famous gay play write
in the late 1800s)
God is our refuge and strength, a very present
help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear,
though the earth should change, though the
mountains shake in the heart of the sea. - The
Bible, Psalm 46
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so
that other people won't feel insecure around
you...as we are liberated from our own fear, our
presence automatically liberates others. - Nelson
Mandela
A Christian community is not a healing community
because wounds are cured or pains alleviated, but
because wounds and pains become openings or
occasions fro a new vision. - Henri Nouwen
We stand on a mountain pass in the midst of
whirling snow and blinding mist, through which we
get glimpses now and then of paths which may be
deceptive. If we stand still we shall be frozen
to death. If we take the wrong road we shall be
dashed to pieces. We do not certainly know
weather there is any right one. What must we do?
'Be strong and of good courage.' Act for the best
and take what comes. If death ends all, we cannot
meet death better. - William James (late
1800s Christian philosopher), in The Will to
Believe
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.- Prayer
of Saint Francis
As a person, Blame no one, and excel. - From
the book: Intimacy between men, Driggs/Finn
(Christian therapists)
Work on your offering to others, respect
yourself, friendship will find you. - From
the book: Intimacy between men, Driggs/Finn
(Christian therapist)
If we are serious about personal and social
healing and change, we must be committed to the
work of listening and learning. - From the
book: Coming out through fire, Tigert (gay
affirming pastor)
It is not God's will to build a risk-free world.
It is God's will that whatever befalls those who
love will not defeat them. - Rev. Gregory
Turner
The more one analyses people, the more all
reasons for analysis disappear. Sooner or later
one comes to that dreadful universal thing called
human nature. - Oscar Wilde in his play
"The Decay of Lying"
Life is never fair...And perhaps it is a good
thing for most of us that it is not. - Oscar
Wilde in his play "An Ideal Husband"
We are each our own devil, and we make this world
our hell. - Oscar Wilde in his play "The
Duchess of Padua"-
- "Life
is what is happening when we are planning for it
to happen." - John Lennon
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