"If you look at Jonah you’ll find that the ‘whale’…is quite unimportant. The real point is that God is much more merciful than ‘prophets,’ is easily moved by penitence, and won’t be dictated to even by high ecclesiastics whom he has himself appointed."

—JRR Tolkien

Anabaptists desperately need to learn to separate our peacemaker vocation from our ethic of non-lethality/non-violence without abandoning either.
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Timely.

"The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come".

--Dietrich Bonhoeffer ⚓

I’m not interested in a gospel (a “good news”) that is only really “good” because the alternative is bad; I’m interested in gospel that is genuinely good, true, and beautiful in its own right.

Hello, a little introduction post:

Currently a student at a Catholic theological institute in St. Louis, grew up Southern Baptist and became Catholic a few years ago. Gay, Side B. Writer and reader interested in issues of faith, religion, sexuality, culture, and longing. Be my friend!