In contrast we let go of existence, meaning, and the sublime as categories to describe the object โGod.โ Instead these become ways in which we engage with the world. Yet, as we affirm the world in love, we indirectly sense that in letting go of God we have, in fact, found ourselves at the very threshold of God.
Peter RollinsHere God is not approached as an object that we must love, but as a mystery present in the very act of love itself.
Peter RollinsTruly embracing the fragility and tensions of life...brings with it the possibility of true joy.
Peter RollinsA faith that can only exist in the light of victory and certainty is one which really affirms the self while pretending to affirm Christ, for it only follows Jesus in the belief that Jesus has conquered death. Yet a faith that can look at the horror of the cross and still say โyesโ is one that says โnoโ to the self in saying โyesโ to Christ.
Peter RollinsFaith, then, is not a set of beliefs about the world. It is rather found in the loving embrace of the world. Because the actual existing church has reduced the Crucifixion and Resurrection to religious affirmations held by a certain tribe, rather than expressions of a type of life, the event they testify to has been almost completely eclipsed.
Peter Rollins