“We know you are going to be enthralled by the mystery of sexuality, which is hardly surprising since it is the energy of life itself. We know it will have the power to take you over for it's own purposes,… — Richard Holloway Copy Share
The wrong question to ask of a myth is whether it is true or false. The right question is whether it is living or… — Richard Holloway Copy Share Image
God is waiting eagerly to respond with new strength to each little act of self-control, small disciplines of prayer, feeble searching after him. And… — Richard Holloway Copy Share Image
“We know you are going to be enthralled by the mystery of sexuality, which is hardly surprising since it is the energy of life itself. We know it will have the power to take you over for it's own purposes, and we know you won't always be able to resist it. Try at least to think about its possible consequences.… — Richard Holloway Copy Share
The institutions that claim to represent God, when they are not ignored altogether, are treated like other human institutions that have to earn their… — Richard Holloway Copy Share Image
“Hannah Arendt scorned this preoccupation with death and proposed a new symbolism that emphasized not the inevitability of our dying, but the actuality of our living. She wanted us to think of ourselves, not as mortals, but as natals, as those who are alive; and she wanted us to act for love not hatred of the world…In her exposition of… — Richard Holloway Copy Share
“We will go on producing myths, ways of explaining ourselves to ourselves but, like everything else about us, they are in constant transition and… — Richard Holloway Copy Share Image
The use of God in moral debate is so problematic as to be almost worthless. — Richard Holloway Copy Share Image
“All theology is a doomed but necessary attempt to express the inexpressible. God is the elusive mystery we try to capture and convey in… — Richard Holloway Copy Share Image
Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great… — Richard Holloway Copy Share Image
“Christian theological history is filled with stories of groups who have developed theories of the election of themselves to salvation and the damnation of… — Richard Holloway Copy Share Image
When true forgiveness happens it is one of the most astonishing and liberating of the human experience. — Richard Holloway Copy Share Image
There are many strengths in modern society, but one of its weaknesses is the breakdown of many of the old structures and networks that… — Richard Holloway Copy Share Image
