...I sense Berry’s extraordinary reach lies in speaking something like Bonhoeffer’s “new language.” ...
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@nick_routledge: @NWirzba @ChristianCent 1/6 I sense Berry’s extraordinary reach lies in speaking something like Bonhoeffer’s “new language.” Christian in its deep grammar, yet rarely requiring Christ...
![Image of Rebbe Abraham Joshua Heschel and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., taken from tweet here:
https://x.com/nick_routledge/status/1548743408524480512
Tweet thread:
https://x.com/nick_routledge/status/1674052414641524738?s=20
@BerniceKing
Jun 28, 2023
CHALLENGE:
Before sharing another quote from my father or asserting what he would stand for or against today, read #LetterFromBirminghamJail and comment on this tweet with something you learned.
Letter: https://africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html
@nick_routledge
"If today's church does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will lose its authenticity, forfeit the loyalty of millions, and be dismissed as an irrelevant social club with no meaning for the twentieth century." He was right. A fresh 21stC. start, then?
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"Jesus was calling for a radical disruption of his religion, a great spiritual migration. A similar disruption and migration are needed no less today in the religion that names itself after Him. - McLaren
[From tweet here, responding to the Letter from Birmingham Jail, color inverted for graphic fit:
https://x.com/nick_routledge/status/1821066495583252668?s=20
Of edited tweet originally here:
https://x.com/nick_routledge/status/1297338768244932610]
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@nick_routledge
April 1, 2023
@MattThiessenNT
Same on the streets, never mind in the Academy. Let's be honest. It's time for a fresh start. "From time to time, the image of God has to die so not to become an idol. It has to become transparent to transcendence to be renewed." ~ Joseph Campbell
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Richard Rohr
@RichardRohrOFM
May 22, 2022
Let’s be honest: religion has probably never had such a bad name. Christianity is now seen as “irrelevant” by some, “toxic” by many, and often as a large part of the problem rather than any kind of solution. It’s time to rebuild from the bottom up.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mqruerbutv3kynufozqek7td/bafkreib6ayekvkuviqqpgsftsrgyjnkeoues3j566uv6rvsxobcfumjb4q)
