Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Both/and, not either/or

"I believe; help my unbelief." - Mark 9:24

“On subjects of which we know nothing, we both believe and disbelieve a hundred times an hour, which keeps faith nimble.” - Emily Dickinson

"Whenever Lutheran Christians set out to determine the mysteries of God for our time, we begin with the conviction tht ambiguity and paradox are unavoidable. We understand that the mysterious reign of God can't be associated with any one biblical or theological dogma. The paradox perspective is a Lutheran contribution from faith's wisdom for living in an age of uncertainty." - Herbert Anderson

1 comment:

Abba said...

Woah. That was freaky, Jess. I knew that excerpt sounded familiar. Way to skew our demographic down.