The Awakening of Hope Quotes

“It is no coincidence that the word disciple shares the same root as the word discipline. No doubt many postmodern, post-Christian, post-evangelical, post-everything folks will cringe at the idea of discipline — but without it we end up with a pretty sloppy spirituality. I remember reading about an interview with one of the social psychologists who pioneered the movement of “hands-off” parenting, insisting that our children do not need discipline. These scientists insisted children needed freedom, space to make their own decisions and mistakes. At the end of his life, one of the psychologists was asked what he had learned from years of experimentation. His response was, “It all looked good on paper. But what we learned was that we were creating a generation of brats.”
― Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, The Awakening of Hope: Why We Practice a Common Faith

“Our most important work is love.”
― Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, The Awakening of Hope: Why We Practice a Common Faith

“We share good news, then, neither to show our neighbors why Christianity is “right” nor to save people from the corrupting influence of other religions, but to name the story that helps us tell the truth about ourselves.”
― Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, The Awakening of Hope: Why We Practice a Common Faith

“it would seem that these super-religious ascetics would be extremely so. But the witness of everyone who visited them for counsel was the opposite. They were some of the most gracious souls the world has ever known. The story is told of an Abba”
― Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, The Awakening of Hope: Why We Practice a Common Faith

“it would seem that these super-religious ascetics would be extremely so. But the witness of everyone who visited them for counsel was the opposite. They were some of the”
― Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, The Awakening of Hope: Why We Practice a Common Faith