The shock of unemployment becomes a pathology in its own right. — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
A good time occurs precisely when we lose track of what time it is. — Robert Farrar Capon Good time Copy Share Image
“It turns out that what makes history come out in triumph is some dumb sheep that couldn't find its way home.” — Robert Farrar Capon History Copy Share Image
“God in Jesus didn’t prevent sinners from sinning, he went around forgiving them right and left.” — Robert Farrar Capon Forgiving Copy Share Image
The truth that makes us free is always ticking away like a time-bomb in the basement of everybody's church. — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
“prepackaged slices or the Supermarket swiss (which has the texture but no where near the flavor, of rubber gloves)” — Robert Farrar Capon Food Copy Share Image
I like a cook who smiles out loud when he tastes his own work. Let God worry about your modesty; I want… — Robert Farrar Capon Cooking Copy Share Image
Man was made to lead with his chin; he is worth knowing only with his guard down, his head up and his… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
“Your stew, so long deferred, stands finally extra causas. Greet it as your fellow creature. It is as deliciously unnecessary as you… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
“God’s program is grace, not scorekeeping; free gift, not reward and punishment in this world.” — Robert Farrar Capon Grace Copy Share Image
Give us this day our daily taste. Restore to us soups that spoons will not sink in and sauces which are never… — Robert Farrar Capon Bread Copy Share Image
“IMITATION CITRUS FLAVORED DIETARY ARTIFICIALLY SWEETENED CARBONATED BEVERAGE. That, I submit, is not a label; it is an incantation. Someday, it should… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
“Because the creative Word is the eternal contemporary of every moment of the world's existence, the kingdom is catholic in time as… — Robert Farrar Capon Every moment Copy Share Image
The Christian religion is not about the soul; it is about man, body and all, and about the world of things with… — Robert Farrar Capon Body Copy Share Image
Do you seriously envision St. Paul or Calvin or Luther opening bottles of Welch's Grape Juice in the sacristy before the service?… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
“... the proper self-knowledge and self-love of every created thing is ipso facto a participation in the knowledge and love of God.… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
“We were never told that it would not hurt, only that nothing would ever finally go wrong; not that it would not… — Robert Farrar Capon Christ Copy Share Image
You can fold up spiritually, morally, or intellectually and still be safe. Because at the very worst, all you can be is… — Robert Farrar Capon Cup of tea Copy Share Image
“judgment, as it is portrayed in the parables of Jesus (not to mention the rest of the New Testament) never comes until… — Robert Farrar Capon Grace Copy Share Image
“What saves us is Jesus, and the way we lay hold of that salvation is by faith. And faith is something that,… — Robert Farrar Capon Books Copy Share Image
Grace is the celebration of life, relentlessly hounding all the non-celebrants in the world. It is a floating, cosmic bash shouting its… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
“Nobody, in other words - not the devil, not the world, not the flesh, not even ourselves - can take us away… — Robert Farrar Capon Hell Copy Share Image
“I myself, however, could never resist the temptation to read raisin paste for wine in the story of the Miracle of Cana.… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
It is precisely because no one needs soup, fish, meat, salad, cheese, and dessert at one meal that we so badly need… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
The world exists, not for what it means but for what it is. The purpose of mushrooms is to be mushrooms, wine… — Robert Farrar Capon Creation Copy Share Image
“Always remember, you don’t need bad people to get bad deeds done. All you need is somebody clever enough to convince good… — Robert Farrar Capon Bad people Copy Share Image
“Rather, the kingdom already exists in the King himself, and when he ascends, the whole world goes with him (John 12:32). It… — Robert Farrar Capon Every moment Copy Share Image
“Parables are told only because they are true, not because the actions of the characters in them can be recommended for imitation.… — Robert Farrar Capon Parables Copy Share Image
“Economy is not one of the necessary principles of the universe; it is one of the jokes which God indulges in precisely… — Robert Farrar Capon Economics Copy Share Image
“Indeed, it is worth noting that most uses of the words "heaven" or "heavenly" in the New Testament bear little relation to… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
“Christian theology, however, never is and never can be anything more than the thoughts that Christians have (alone or with others) after… — Robert Farrar Capon Adventure Copy Share Image
But all the while, there was one thing we most needed even from the start, and certainly will need from here on… — Robert Farrar Capon Ability Copy Share Image
“Accordingly, my new version of what the Bible is about reads as follows: it is about the mystery by which the power… — Robert Farrar Capon Bible Copy Share Image
“There, then, is the role of the amateur: to look the world back to grace. There, too, is the necessity of his… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
We were given appetites, not to consume the world and forget it, but to taste its goodness and hunger to make it… — Robert Farrar Capon Appetite Copy Share Image
Only miracle is plain; it is in the ordinary that groans with the weight of glory. — Robert Farrar Capon Glory Copy Share Image
“unless I am mistaken, it was Mr. Welch himself (an adamant total abstainer) who persuaded American Protestantism to abandon what the Lord… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
