Formation for Life Quotes

“The peacebuilder then is a man or woman who is helping to figure the conditions of possibilities for the “presencing” of the reunion (unity, koinonia, shalom) in and between groups (communities, socialities).”
― Glen H. Stassen, Formation for Life: Just Peacemaking and Twenty-First-Century Discipleship

“We are in the midst of a struggle for American identity, including not only individualist liberalism and authoritarianism, but also the tradition of human rights and the common good that are under attack by an individualistic ideology of greed and selfishness. We need an American identity that supports fairness and justice so we have a way to encourage people to act with public responsibility.”
― Glen H. Stassen, Formation for Life: Just Peacemaking and Twenty-First-Century Discipleship

“How does worship, or education, or community interaction form the kind of character that actually does what Jesus calls for—become actively engaged in being a peacemaker?”
― Glen H. Stassen, Formation for Life: Just Peacemaking and Twenty-First-Century Discipleship

“Formation for life is also at the heart of other religious traditions. But for followers of Jesus the reality of the resurrection challenges the sense of how one lives in the coordinates of space and time. From the earliest days of the church, gathering together on the Lord’s Day, Sunday, became”
― Glen H. Stassen, Formation for Life: Just Peacemaking and Twenty-First-Century Discipleship