David

“we must stop confusing his baggage and our baggage and our pastors' baggage and our parents' baggage with God's will. Because while many of Augustine's teachings have been revered for generations, when it came to his ideas around sex and gender, he basically took a dump and the church encased it in amber. But instead of realizing this was one guy's personal shit, we assumed it was straight from God.”
― Nadia Bolz-Weber, Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good

“Christianity has always insisted that the cross we bear precedes the crown we wear.”
― James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree

“Instead, the Bible is best read as a source for spiritual formation. It teaches us the kind of people we are to be. As we are formed, we are equipped to make wise, ethical decisions.”
― Karen R. Keen, The Bible and Sexuality: A Course Reader

“On Trump’s watch, Republicans had lost the House, Senate, and White House—the first time a sitting president had lost all three in one term since Herbert Hoover. And that was before a mob inspired by the president ransacked the country’s seat of government.”
― Jonathan Martin, This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future