8 Quotes by Dianna Anderson

The Christian is responsible to care for the hurting and the downtrodden, and should not be in the business of creating further pain.

A woman who 'acts like a man' - who is bold and assertive, and refuses to defer to male authority - is threatening to a system that makes women responsible for men's feelings.

The watershed of the sexual revolution was when women started to become individuals who claimed they were different in no essential way from men.

[Liberation theology] means challenging the stories that the authorities tell us about God, especially if these stories have the same outcome for every single person.

Never make choices simply because someone told you what is right. Know yourself, know your situation, know God for yourself, and decide what is right for your life.

Whoever you are, you are loved by a God who finds you beautiful and wants you to be fulfilled in life. Be a safe space for yourself first; then you can learn to be a safe space for others.

If you take one lesson and one lesson only from this book, I want it to be this: God doesn’t function in a currency of shame. Shame isn’t from God, it isn’t of God, and it isn’t something Christians should engage in. Shame is not nor will it ever be a useful response to a person’s experience of the world, especially when it comes to sexual experiences.

A woman who ‘acts like a man’ – who is bold and assertive, and refuses to defer to male authority – is threatening to a system that makes women responsible for men’s feelings.