"We can be moral but not alive; a lot of conservatives and liberals have taught me that....There are many people who are morally 'pure' but devoid of any life, joy, or celebration. For some, this 'purity' means that we do not touch anything that is 'secular', and for others, it means that we don't eat anything that is not 'organic'. But if it is not born of relationships, if it is not liberating for the oppressed and the oppressors, if it is not marked by raw, passionate love, then it is the same old self-righteousness that does little more than flaunt our own purity by making the rest of the world see how dirty they are....No one is beyond redemption."
-Shane Claiborne
No comments:
Post a Comment