Brandan Quotes & Sayings

When we are able to systematise and theologise God down to a set of absolute theological principles, I believe that we lose something essential. When our faith becomes nothing more than a stagnant creed or unchanging statement of belief, we lose sight of the majesty and glory of God, the mystery and diversity that gives vibrancy to our faith. — Brandan Roberston

Lying isn't something you should be proud of, but be grateful if you've gained a talent for doing it correctly. — Kate C. Conner

What if one's tendency to go wandering off is truly a gift? What if the driving force beneath the curiosity that leads a person to wander off the beaten path is not immaturity, but the wild, untamable Spirit of God, drawing them into the foliage to be refined, to discover fresh insights, and pioneer a new way forward for a new group of people? — Brandan Roberston

The presence of the messianic salvation is also seen in Jesus' miracles of healing, for which the Greek word meaning "to save" is used. The presence of the Kingdom of God in Jesus meant deliverance from hemorrhage (Mk 5:34), blindness (Mk 10:52), demon possession (Lk 8:36), and even death itself (Mk 5:23). Jesus claimed that these deliverances were evidences of the presence of the messianic salvation (Mt 11:4-5). They were pledges of the life of the eschatological Kingdom that will finally mean immortality for the body. The Kingdom of God is concerned not only with people's souls but with the salvation of the whole person. — George Eldon Ladd

We no longer find out identity or value in having the right theology or being a part of the right denomination. — Brandan Roberston

If they're not willing to explore beyond the realm of their safety, certainty, and comfort, they will never know if their fantasies are true. — Brandan Roberston

Tess, there isn't a drunken, screaming netballer in the world that would have made me not want to ... continue. — C.J. Duggan

Allowing myself to wander off into the vast jungles of religion and spirituality has often led to me stumbling upon life altering new ways of thinking, living, and being. — Brandan Roberston

There is no way of writing stories that I haven't done. — Theodore Sturgeon

I spent a lot of time in churches. If you go to a synagogue, someone is always asking if you're alone, if you're married. In a church, in a hundred years no one would ask. — Peter Malkin

But it's only when we allow ourselves to get lost that we can have the opportunity to find and be found. — Brandan Roberston

I'm so not stylish by nature, but I've learned to work with what I have. — Julie Bowen

What are we to do when we seem to grow out of God? Or at least the understanding of God that we grew up with? — Brandan Roberston

Traveling light gives me a way to set down what would otherwise be the baggage of someone else' decision to cling to well-worn path. — Brandan Roberston

She was as one who, in madness, was resolute to throw herself from a precipice, but to whom some remnant of sanity remained which forced her to seek those who would save her from herself. — Anthony Trollope

I have come to see that exploration is not a practice of the unfaithful, but rather is exactly what being a follower of Christ is actually all about. — Brandan Roberston

The moment we begin to believe we have got something about God figured out with certainty is the moment we can be sure we are no longer speaking about God. — Brandan Roberston

But part of loving is sacrificing our ego's need to be right. Part of loving is realising that all of us are on the same journey, seeking the same things, but find ourselves at different places. When we are able to acknowledge and accept this reality; we are freed from the desire to force others into our systems, our beliefs and our points of view. — Brandan Roberston

How easy it is for us to demonise from a distance. But when we stand face to face with our supposed enemy, it is hard to hate. — Brandan Roberston

If there were only three Irishmen in the world you'd find two of them in a corner talking about the other. — Maria Brandan Araoz

Many, many, many small moves of many kinds can bring a way to manage change. The theory can come later. — Flora Lewis

The thinker without a paradox is like a lover without a feeling: a paltry mediocrity. — Soren Kierkegaard

Wonder is the antidote to religion. — Brandan Roberston