Quotes

The mark of a great church is not its seating capacity, but its sending capacity.

“Mainline churches who want to be part of God’s future need leadership by impatient instigators rather than patient caretakers for the ecclesial status quo.” – Bishop Will Willimon

Taking in information is only distantly related to real learning. It would be nonsensical to say, ‘I just read a great book about bicycle riding. I’ve now learned that.’

It is perhaps in our foundational understandings of humanity and God – and their intersection – that we can best find the theological component to drive us toward the positional path of missional life, to achieve that radical inclusivity we champion and crave. Our theological anthropology led to our first associative principle, our support of the “inherent worth and dignity of every person.” When we can genuinely understand and affirm this, and not “tend to think of ourselves as a people set apart, just a notch or two better than others,”(1) our reality will match our lofty goals.

“…my experience is that there are many others in our movement that are feeling compelled to recover the dynamic of mission in their faith. Our world is facing cataclysmic problems and sitting on the Unitarian franchise is a luxury we cannot afford.” – Rev. David Owen-O’Quill

The Beloved Community is not an organization of individuals seeking private and selfish security for their souls. It is a new adventure, a spontaneous fellowship of consecrated people seeking a new world.

No one can say: ‘Since I’m not called to be a missionary, I do not have to evangelize my friends and neighbors.’ There is no difference, in spiritual terms, between a missionary witnessing in his home town and a missionary witnessing in Katmandu, Nepal. We are all called to go—even if it is only to the next room, or the next block.

I believe…people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.

God will not lead you where He will not provide for you.