4 Quotes by Alan Graham

If we look at the Bible as a memory aid meant to reorient us to where we came from and get us back home, it might mean we live a life filled with the kind of adventure it was always intended to hold. At least that’s what happened to me.

In our culture we dress up these megachurch pastors in these little suits, with their “education” and their ability to vaguely pontificate, and we think those people best emulate the Jesus of today. Whereas the image of Jesus of today and tomorrow and yesterday is really the Houston Flakes – the broken and the battered, the Peters and the Pauls, the Thomases, the persecuted. Servitude that transcends. Not pastors in castles.

Start seeing the world for what it really is – dirty, rough, tragic, and beautiful. It is truly a wonderful mess.

You’ve got to empathize, not sympathize. Take that loose thread. Start to pull. Let the whole thing unravel. Let’s start making something stronger. More beautiful.