Anyone We Come In Contact

Grace Abounds In Contemporary Movies, Books, Novels, Films And Music. If God Is Not In The Whirlwind, He May Be In A Woody Allen Film, Or A Bruce Springsteen Concert. Most People Understand Imagery And Symbol Better Than Doctrine And Dogma. Images Touch Hearts And Awaken Imaginations. One Theologian Suggested That Springsteen's 'tunnel Of Love' Album, In Which He Symbolically Sings Of Sin, Death, Despair And Redemption, Is More Important For Catholics Than The Pope's Last Visit When He Spoke Of Morality Only In Doctrinal Propositions.

The Gospel Will Persuade No One Unless It Has So Convicted Us That We Are Transformed By It.

Those Who Have The Disease Called Jesus Will Never Be Cured.

Troubadours Have Always Been More Important And Influential Than Theologians And Bishops

[jesus] Matters Because Of What He Brought And What He Still Brings To Ordinary Human Beings, Living Their Ordinary Lives And Coping Daily With Their Surroundings. He Promises Wholeness For Their Lives. In Sharing Our Weaknesses He Gives Us Strength And And Imparts Through His Companionship A Life That Has The Quality Of Eternity." (dallas Willard In Ruthless Trust - Brennan Manning)