“I say to my congregants, "If you believe in God, the best thing you can do for yourself is to suspend your belief for a while, because undoubtedly your God is too small and you must grow beyond that God.… — Forrest Church Copy Share Image
Members in the Commonwealth of God are not bound together by the specifics of their religion, for the nature of our interdependency does not… — Forrest Church Copy Share Image
“Where's your church?" "We're standing in it." "But this is a bookstore and it's a Friday." "Yes, but you might also choose to see… — Forrest Church Copy Share Image
Death is not a curse to be outwitted no matter the cost. Death is the natural pivot on which life turns, without which life… — Forrest Church Copy Share Image
“None of us is fully able to perceive the truth that shines through another person’s window, nor the falsehood that we may perceive as… — Forrest Church Copy Share Image
The goal is to live in such a way that our lives will prove worth dying for... The one thing that can't be taken… — Forrest Church Copy Share Image
“God language can tie people into knots, of course. In part, that is because ‘God’ is not God's name. Referring to the highest power… — Forrest Church Copy Share Image
Remember, Angels are both God's messengers and God's message, witness to eternity in time, to the presence of the divine amidst the ordinary. Every… — Forrest Church Copy Share Image
“Whenever we give our hearts in love, the burden of our vulnerability grows. We risk being rebuffed or embarrassed or inadequate. Beyond these things,… — Forrest Church Copy Share Image
America's egalitarian mandate reflects the liberality of the creator, and thus countermands, by divine witness, all feudal and aristocratic structures. It also parallels the… — Forrest Church Copy Share Image
The world does not owe us a living, we owe the world a living, our own. — Forrest Church Copy Share Image
We Unitarian Universalists have inherited a magnificent theological legacy. In a sweeping answer to creeds that divide the human family, Unitarianism proclaims that we… — Forrest Church Copy Share Image
Most of us would agree that the important thing about Jesus is not his supposed miraculous birth or the claim that he was resurrected… — Forrest Church Copy Share Image
“So it's pretty simple for me: Love when you can. Do the work that is yours to do. Be the person that is yours… — Forrest Church Copy Share Image
“I say to my congregants, "If you believe in God, the best thing you can do for yourself is to suspend your belief for… — Forrest Church Copy Share Image
