Roberston 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

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

wasn't Lily; it was Craig Simmons, the landscaper. Holding a sweat-stained baseball cap in his hand, the fortyish-something sandy-haired man stood on the front porch, still wearing his work boots, faded jeans and stained T-shirt. "Hello, Ms. Boatman, I just got back from lunch, noticed your car in the back drive and wondered if you had a chance to look through your house. I wanted to make sure everything is all right." "Yes, we went through the house, and nothing seems to be missing." That wasn't entirely true. She had only been to the library and kitchen, but according to Walt, Adam and Bill left empty — Bobbi Ann Johnson Holmes

Saying you want to be a model when you grow up is akin to saying you want to win the Powerball when you grow up. It's awesome, and it's out of your control, and it's not a career path. — Cameron Russell

If you can figure out how to choose happiness in your marriage daily, and stop sweating the small stuff, it'll take ten years off your life. — Fawn Weaver

The magnitude of Fort Peck in his telling of it gripped me the way the notion of a thirty-year winter had, and Zoe's magical presence in the back room, and the selection of the Medicine Lodge as the most pleasurable of all the saloons in the state, and family fame in newspapers far and wide, and Delano Roberston arriving in a cloud of sheep, the entire cascade of this one-of-a-kind year; the idea of outsize life, the feeling of being present as things happened way beyond ordinary in human experience. I suppose it was something like a mental fever, the headiest kind to have. Ever since Pop consolidated his thinking there in the hallway of the house, where my finger snap still echoed, my imagination and I knew no limits, and at twelve or at any other known age, there is no spell more dizzying. — Ivan Doig

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

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

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

It's all about training and rhythm and getting it right on the day. — Jonathan Edwards

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

We English have perfect eyesight."
Alec finally turned to look at her. "Are you jesting with me, wife?"
"You decide, husband."
"Aye, you are," Alec answered. "I've already learned all about the English sense of humor."
"And what have you learned?"
"You don't have any. — Julie Garwood

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

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

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

Everybody is an expert on one thing - that's what I learned in my high school journalism class - and that's, of course, his own life. And everybody deserves to live and have his story told. And if it doesn't seem like an interesting story, then that's the failure of the listener, or the journalist who retells it badly. — William T. Vollmann

Wonder is the antidote to religion. — Brandan Roberston