The trouble with our ideals is that if we live up to all of them, we become impossible to live with.
Brennan ManningShame--what happened when my mother, the dragon, huffed and puffed and blew my self down.
Brennan ManningDo you honestly believe God likes you, not just loves you because theologically God has to love you?
Brennan ManningThe greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians, who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.
Brennan Manning