"Rebellion...should be our natural state. [Faith] is a belief that rebellion is always worth it, even if all outward signs point to our lives and struggles as penultimate failures. We are saved not by what we can do or accomplish but by...our steadfastness to the weak, the poor, the marginalized, those who endure oppression. We must stand with them against the powerful. ...[The] struggle to live the moral life is worth it."
―Chris Hedges, from "The World As It Is"
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Created in the image
When we try to deny these truths, we feel pain. When we feel this pain, it is then that we sin. Faith can be the healing that knits our souls back together. We were created for wholeness.
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