There is a deep sense in which we are all ghost towns. We are all haunted by the memory of those we love, those with whom we feel we have unfinished business. While they may no longer be with us,… — Peter Rollins Copy Share Image
Here God is not approached as an object that we must love, but as a mystery present in the very act of love itself. — Peter Rollins Copy Share
In contrast we let go of existence, meaning, and the sublime as categories to describe the object “God.” Instead these become ways in which… — Peter Rollins Copy Share
“What we see taking place in the church today is the reduction of God to an idol.” — Peter Rollins Copy Share
Christianity can be described as a theological materialism: It is that which transforms our material existence. If our faith does not throw us into… — Peter Rollins Copy Share
Truly embracing the fragility and tensions of life...brings with it the possibility of true joy. — Peter Rollins Copy Share
“However, we rarely see what happens after the hero grasps what is sought, for if we did, the impotence of the MacGuffin would be… — Peter Rollins Copy Share
“Orthodoxy as right belief will cost us little; indeed, it will allow us to sit back with our Pharisaic doctrines, guarding the ‘truth’ with… — Peter Rollins Copy Share
I deny the resurrection every time I turn my back on the poor or become a cog in a system of injustice — Peter Rollins Copy Share
“playing at the entrance of the hut. “Whose children are these?” he asked.” — Peter Rollins Copy Share
What if the church should be less concerned with creating saints than creating a world where we do not need saints? A world where… — Peter Rollins Copy Share
“For just as one person’s idol is another’s icon, so one person’s fable is another’s parable.” — Peter Rollins Copy Share
