Crucifix

RIC_2747-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

I learned that the crucifix 
does not represent justice alone, 
and that equally important are 
the concepts of love and grace.

Olivia Chow, My Journey

Poetry

Crucified Wiman, Emmanuel College, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Poetry can tell us what human beings are.

It can tell us why we stumble and fall and how,

miraculously, we can stand up.

Maya Angelou

Sin

RIC_9853-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.

Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace

A walk

RIC_9855-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

   

   If you never stepped on anybody’s toes,

   you never been for a walk.

     Barbara Kingsolver, High Tide in Tucson

the grain of sand

RIC_9880-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr. 

It is not the road ahead that wears you out – it is the grain of sand in your shoe. 

Arabian Proverb

Goodness

RCC_7302, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Henry David Thoreau

Greatest Obstacle

RIC_2127, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The greatest obstacle is simply this: the conviction that we
  cannot change because we are dependent upon what is
  wrong. But that is the addicts’ excuses, and we know that it
  will not do.

Wendell Berry

Question of Faith

RIC_1548, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

What would happen if Christians devoted the same discipline and self-sacrifice to non-violent peacemaking that armies devote to war?

Ron Sider, quoted in James Loney, Captivity

Mortal

RCC_9577
Originally uploaded by rchoephoto

We are all mortal.  What divides us is the use we make of the time and opportunities we have.

Madeleine L. Albright, Forward to Leading from within, edited by Sam M. Intraitor & Megan Scribner

Greatest gift

RC1_9007
Originally uploaded by rchoephoto

The greatest gift is not being afraid to question.

Ruby Dee

Forgiveness

   
    God's forgiveness is more than a blessing;
    it's a challenge.

        William Sloane Coffin