In Love's Service, Only Wounded

The Ragamuffin Gospel Reveals That Jesus Forgives Sins, Including The Sins Of The Flesh; That He Is Comfortable With Sinners Who Remember How To Show Compassion; But That He Cannot And Will Not Have A Relationship With Pretenders In The Spirit.

I Am Wonderfully Content With A God Who Does Not Deal With Me As My Sins Deserve.

I Could More Easily Contain Niagara Falls In A Teacup Than I Can Comprehend The Wild, Uncontainable Love Of God.

We Must Go Out Into A Desert Of Some Kind (your Backyard Will Do) And Come Into A Personal Experience Of The Awesome Love Of God.

For Ragamuffins, God's Name Is Mercy. We See Our Darkness As A Prized Possession Because It Drives Us Into The Heart Of God. Without Mercy Our Darkness Would Plunge Us Into Despair - For Some, Self-destruction. Time Alone With God Reveals The Unfathomable Depths Of The Poverty Of The Spirit. We Are So Poor That Even Our Poverty Is Not Our Own: It Belongs To The Mysterium Tremendum Of A Loving God.