Church practice has been more influenced by Plato than by Jesus. We invariably prefer the universal synthesis, the answer that settles all the dust and resolves every question even when it is not entirely true over the mercy and grace of God.

Richard Rohr
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  1. Faith does not need to push the river because faith is able to trust that there is a river. The river is flowing. We are in it.

  2. Change is not what we expect from religious people. They tend to love the past more than the present or the future.

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