Works of Love

Only when it is a duty to love, only then is love eternally secure. -from Works of Love by Soren Kierkegaard

Tradition

The best way to preserve tradition is to have a baby, not to wear your father's old hat. -Pablo Picasso

Seek Ye First

“If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead.” -William Law

Church and Kingdom

Alfred Loisy the 19th century historian was right in saying that Jesus came proclaiming the Kingdom of God but what appeared was the Church. The disappointment was and continues to be severe. But the great irony is that today we alleviate our disappointment with the contemporary Church by pointing back to the New Testament Church --which was the great disappointment to begin with! Our restless discontent should not be over the distance between ourselves and the first century Church but over the distance between ourselves and the Kingdom of God to which the Church then and now is the witness. -from Freedom for Ministry by Richard Neuhaus

Admirers v. Disciples

If you have any knowledge at all of human nature, you know that those who only admire the truth will, when danger appears, become traitors. The admirer is infatuated with the false security of greatness; but if there is any inconvenience or trouble, he pulls back. Admiring the truth, instead of following it, is just as dubious a fire as the fire of erotic love, which at the turn of the hand can be changed into exactly the opposite, to hate, jealousy, and revenge. Christ, however, never asked for admirers, worshippers, or adherents. He consistently spoke of “followers” and “disciples.” -Soren Kierkegaard