Patrick

“(In Catholic universities, a doctorate in theology is not referred to as a PhD but as an STD, Doctor of Sacred Theology. It’s an unfortunate name for a degree. It must be hard for someone’s mother to say, “I’m so proud of my little boy. He went to seminary and got an STD.”)”
― Ian Morgan Cron, Chasing Francis: A Pilgrim’s Tale

“If you have to farm, the Willamette is about the best place in the world to do it.”
― S.M. Stirling, The Protector's War

“We should always be grateful to people who disagree with us. At the very least, they sharpen us as a stone sharpens a knife. At best, they wake us up to how stunning the beliefs we profess actually are.”
― Martin Kochanski, The Creed in Slow Motion: An exploration of faith, phrase by phrase, word by word

“I’m not quite sure what it means to “believe in Jesus” without believing in the Jesus way.)”
― Brian Zahnd, A Farewell to Mars: An Evangelical Pastor's Journey Toward the Biblical Gospel of Peace