“The Anselmian call for "faith seeking understanding" may start and gather it's energy not in rational study of past theological points but in the pursuit to make sense of our concrete and lived experiences of Jesus who finds us in… — Andrew Root Copy Share Image
“Theology starts with a crisis, the very crisis of reality itself. The crisis is the fact that you live, that you have a life… — Andrew Root Copy Share Image
“The Anselmian call for "faith seeking understanding" may start and gather it's energy not in rational study of past theological points but in the… — Andrew Root Copy Share Image
“Grace is costly because it calls us through our person to the person of Jesus Christ. And when we follow the person of Jesus… — Andrew Root Copy Share Image
“It is when we are up against death, when we find ourselves in despair, that the God of cross is near to us. It… — Andrew Root Copy Share Image
“But if faith is only for the future, there will be no faith, for like manna, faith saved spoils.” — Andrew Root Copy Share Image
“The Church may have a building, but that is not its place. The building may be the church's location, but its space is in… — Andrew Root Copy Share Image
“By mobilizing relational ministry from how, by stopping only at Langmead's first aspect of incarnational mission (Jesus as a pattern for mission), the who of personal encounter, of participation in the continued presence of Jesus, is squeezed out into a utilitarian pattern (Jesus did it this way so we should too) that can be duplicated but lacks the indwelling power… — Andrew Root Copy Share
“Ministry is not about helping these kids be better Christians; it is about helping them be what God created them to be-human. And it… — Andrew Root Copy Share Image
“We are the relationships that make us; we have our being in and through relationships that place us into reality, and therefore we are… — Andrew Root Copy Share Image
“Ministry, then, is not about "using" relationships to get individuals to accept a "third thing," whether that be conservative politics, moral behaviors or even… — Andrew Root Copy Share Image
“In true relationships, the only point is to be together. Once there is another point, the relationship withers under the heat of expectations and… — Andrew Root Copy Share Image
