Tragedy is that our attention centers on what people are not, rather than on what they are and who they might become. — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
None of us has ever seen a motive. Therefore, we don't know we can't do anything more than suspect what inspires the… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
We are not cowed into timidity by death and life. Were we forced to rely on our own shabby resources we would… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
I am deeply distressed by what I only can call in our Christian culture the idolatry of the Scriptures. For many Christians,… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
How I treat a brother or sister from day to day, how I react to the sin-scarred wino on the street, how… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
In essence, there is only one thing God asks of us - that we be men and women of prayer, people for… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
There is the "you" that people see and then there is the "rest of you". Take some time and craft a picture… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
The kingdom is not an exclusive, well-trimmed suburb with snobbish rules about who can live there. No, it is for a larger,… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Experience has taught me that I connect best with others when I connect with the core of myself. When I allow God… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Grace abounds in contemporary movies, books, novels, films and music. If God is not in the whirlwind, He may be in a… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
The fierce words of Jesus addressed to the Pharisees of His day stretch across the bands of time. Today they are directed… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
If we maintain the open-mindedness of children, we challenge fixed ideas and established structures, including our own. We listen to people in… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Accepting the reality of our sinfulness means accepting our authentic self. Judas could not face his shadow; Peter could. The latter befriended the impostor… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Trust is our gift back to God, and he finds it so enchanting that Jesus died for love of it — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Genuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games or pop psychology. IT IS AN ACT OF FAITH in the… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“It is not objective proof of God’s existence that we want but the experience of God’s presence. That is the miracle we are really… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“He who is alone with his sins is utterly alone. It may be that Christians, notwithstanding corporate worship, common prayer, and all their fellowship… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
God not only loves me as I am, but also knows me as I am. Because of this I don't need to apply spiritual… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Grace abounds in contemporary movies, books, novels, films and music. If God is not in the whirlwind, He may be in a Woody Allen… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
I you think you've done it, then you're wrong. Because you're not finished until you have achieved everything that you never thought you could. — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
May all your expectations be frustrated, may all your plans be thwarted, may all your desires be withered into nothingness, that you may experience… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Our identity rests in God's relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ. — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
