Notes in the Middle of Becoming

The only way any religion can be redeemed is if it listens to the ones it sacrificed.

Your suffering is not a sign of God’s distance. It is the shape of God’s nearness.

When you think about it, being ridiculed by a closed-minded person is a really wonderful trade-off for not being one yourself.

At first you think the pain goes deeper than love. Then you realize the depth of that pain could only exist because of love. And that changes everything.

Listen to the people who actually want you to be free.

Your grief might not get smaller, but your heart can get bigger.

The speed of your expulsion is proportional to the insecurity of their system.

Recognize sacrifice as beautiful only in as much as it involves consent.

Whoever risks the most to tell you the truth is probably the one most worthy of your trust.

Jesus isn’t the answer as much as the question ask you to partner with God to be the answer. The only thing that matters is faith expressing itself in love.