It is our care of the helpless, our practice of loving kindness that brands us in the eyes of our opponents – Tertullianus.
Twee stories uit die begraafplaas
Eugene Peterson vertel van ‘n besoek aan ‘n klooster. Op pad na die eetsaal loop hulle verby die begraafplaas. Hy sien toe een oop graf en vra: “Watter lid van julle gemeenskap is onlangs oorlede?”
It has never been quite enough to say that God is in the heaven and all is right with the world, since the rumor is that God had left the heaven to set it right – G K Chesterton
‘n Paar eenvoudige stories
Die skrywer George MacDonald het graag oor prinse en prinsesse geskryf. Toe iemand hom vra waarom hy altyd oor prinsesse skryf, antwoord hy: “Want elke meisie is ‘n prinses.”
There are no gradations of the image of God – Martin Luther King Jr.
Is gevoelens goed of sleg?
Godsdiens is ‘n ernstige saak – moenie te veel emosie wys nie. Soos die Engelse sê: stiff upper lip, my boy. Maar nou sien ons dat Jesus emosies ondervind het. Hy huil by Lasarus se graf. Lees net weer die emosie in daardie laaste ure in die tuin van Getsemane.
God, like a Master Builder, has laid the foundation of the world according to law and order. God wanted us to recognize those laws by creating us after His image so we could share in His own thought – Johannes...