Some Rainy & Overcast Saturday Quotes (Is June Over Already?)

From an interview with Anne Lamott in July/August's Relevant magazine:

"I was influenced more by Martin Luther King, Jr. than by any theologian. King's Christianity was about putting your money where your mouth is, putting your life on the line. You don't deepen your relationship with Christ with books; you do it by showing up with other people who are taking care of the poorest, hungriest and most marginalized. If you want to find where Jesus is, you'll find Him close to the poorest of the poor, the suffering, the terrorized people."

"I try not to follow people who follow Jesus. We're all screwed up in ways that are more similar than not. Almost all of my problems are problems of perception, where I am seeing something so wrong, through my very human, anxious, greedy eyes."

"[Being transparent & honest about walking with Christ] means there's a lot of pressure within Christian churches to talk about stuff that fits within certain factinos that people are a part of. According to those factions, it's important for lecturers and writers to sound sure of what they're saying, so that they sound like they're living the Christian life, and it's going so much better than anyone could have hoped, where they don't hate anyone, and they forgive easily, and they don't have awful moods and they don't care what their stomach looks like."

From a review of yet another "emergent" book, the quote written by reviewer Eric Hurtgen, in the same magazine:

"At its worst, Emergent can seem like intellectual faddishness. However, Emergent's faults shouldn't obscure the message of a group of believers who earnestly seek to see Jesus incarnated in the world."

*pours coffee, looks at the drizzle out the window enjoyable, and begins to ponder*