To counter the imperial colonization of our imaginations, we need poets, prophets and artists to help us create subversive imagery that challenges the reigning reality… “The outcome of such poetry is hope. It is hope that makes community possible on the way out of the empire.”
[Tom Sine]
Three posts in one day, I know, its a lot when I’ve been inconsistent lately! But I read this quote and it hit me, so I needed to post it…
“Art is love creating a new world. Justice is rolling up your sleeves and healing the old one.”
[N.T. Wright]
HT: Daley
“A faith without some doubts is like a human body without antibodies in it. People who blithely go through life too busy or indifferent to ask hard questions about why they believe as they do will find themselves defenseless against either the experience of tragedy or the probing questions of a smart skeptic.”
[Tim Keller]
HT: Scott
We can start changing people’s mindset. Instead of asking young people, “What are you going to do when you grow up?”, ask them, “Who are you becoming?” The question is not whether you will be a doctor or a lawyer but what kind of doctor or lawyer you will be.
[Jesus For President, Shane Claiborne & Chris Haw]
“Windows in general has been like a confused and slow person. Vista is like a person who lost their meds and its trying their best to ignore the voices.”
[ 37signals blog ]
“I want to find someplace where people are part of a movement, something sort of revolutionary… because Jesus is.”
Amazing words. I agree… I want to find someplace like that too.
[Words by Beth]
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