Shame--what happened when my mother, the dragon, huffed and puffed and blew my self down.
Brennan ManningWhen being is divorced from doing, pious thoughts become an adequate substitute for washing dirty feet.
Brennan ManningToday on planet Earth, may you experience the wonder and beauty of yourself as Abbaโs Child and temple of the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ
Brennan ManningJesus comes not for the super-spiritual but for the wobbly and the weak-kneed who know they donโt have it all together, and who are not too proud to accept the handout of amazing grace.
Brennan ManningThe forgiveness of God is gratuitous liberation from guilt. Paradoxically, the conviction of personal sinfulness becomes the occasion of encounter with the merciful love of the redeeming God. "There will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repenting..." (Luke 15:7). In his brokenness, the repentant prodigal knew an intimacy with his father that his sinless, self-righteous brother would never know.
Brennan ManningThe saved sinner is prostrate in adoration, lost in wonder and praise. He knows repentance is not what we do in order to earn forgiveness; it is what we do because we have been forgiven. It serves as an expression of gratitude rather than an effort to earn forgiveness. Thus the sequence of forgiveness and then repentance, rather than repentance and then forgiveness, is crucial for understanding the gospel of grace.
Brennan Manning