Brennan Manning

“According to Viktor Frankl, a person finds identity only to the extent that “he commits himself to something beyond himself, to a…

— Brennan Manning

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

“One spiritual writer has observed that human beings are born with two diseases: life, from which we die; and hope, which says…

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I've decided that if I had my life to live over again, I would not only climb more mountains, swim more rivers,…

— Brennan Manning

I am deeply distressed by what I only can call in our Christian culture the idolatry of the Scriptures. For many Christians,…

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May all your expectations be frustrated, may all your plans be thwarted, may all your desires be withered into nothingness, that you…

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“When a man or woman is truly honest (not just working at it) it is virtually impossible to insult them personally. There…

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The most powerful thing that can happen in the place of prayer is that you yourself become the prayer. You leave the…

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Rome is burning, Jesus says. Drop your fiddle, change your life and come to Me. Let go of the good days that…

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As we come to grips with our own selfishness and stupidity, we make friends with the impostor and accept that we are…

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“When I get honest I admit that I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt, I hope and I…

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Do you believe that the God of Jesus loves you beyond worthiness and unworthiness, beyond fidelity and infidelity—that he loves you in…

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Sin and forgiveness and falling and getting back up and losing the pearl of great price in the couch cushions but then…

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“repentance is not what we do in order to earn forgiveness; it is what we do because we have been forgiven. It…

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“Larry Hein, who wrote the blessing: May all your expectations be frustrated, may all your plans be thwarted, may all your desires…

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Lord, when I feel that what I'm doing is insignificant and unimportant, help me to remember that everything I do is significant…

— Brennan Manning

Charles de Foucauld, the found of the Little Brothers of Jesus, wrote a single sentence that's ahad a profound impact on my…

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“In a moment of naked honesty, ask yourself, 'Do I wholeheartedly trust that God likes me'... in this moment, right now, right…

— Brennan Manning

And Grace calls out, 'You are not just a disillusioned old man who may die soon, a middle-aged woman stuck in a…

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“Our huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about trying to fix ourselves while hiding our…

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The deeper we grow in the Spirit of Jesus Christ, the poorer we become - the more we realize that everything in…

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While the impostor draws his identity from past achievements and the adulation of others, the true self claims identity in its belovedness.…

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The saved sinner is prostrate in adoration, lost in wonder and praise. He knows repentance is not what we do in order…

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“The difference between faith as “belief in something that may or may not exist” and faith as “trusting in God” is enormous.…

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In explaining the growth of his faith, psychiatrist Gerald May writes, "I know that God is loving and that God’s loving is…

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None of us has ever seen a motive. Therefore, we don't know we can't do anything more than suspect what inspires the…

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“God's love is based on nothing, and the fact that it is based on nothing makes us secure. Were it based on…

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The beauty of the ragamuffin gospel lies in the insight it offers into Jesus: the essential tenderness of His heart, His way…

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The conversation of most middle-class Americans, we are told, revolves around consumption: what to buy, what was just bought, where to eat,…

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“In prayer Jesus slows us down, teaches us to count how few days we have, and gifts us with wisdom. He reveals…

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Creation discloses a power that baffles our minds and beggars our speech. We are enamored and enchanted by God's power. We stutter…

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Justification by grace through faith' is the theologian's learned phrase for what Chesterton once called 'the furious love of G-d.' He is…

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“This God expects people to be perfect and to be in perpetual control of their feelings and thoughts. When broken people with…

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“The gospel of grace calls us to sing of the everyday mystery of intimacy with God instead of always seeking for miracles…

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We are not cowed into timidity by death and life. Were we forced to rely on our own shabby resources we would…

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Let us be bold enough to ask ourselves as Christians whether the Church of the Lord Jesus in the United States has…

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Choose a single, sacred word or phrase that captures something of the flavor of your intimate relationship with God. A word such…

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The outstretched arms of Jesus exclude no one, not the drunk in the doorway, the panhandler on the street, gays and lesbians…

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“The poor man and woman of the gospel have made peace with their flawed existence. They are aware of their lack of…

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I want neither a terrorist spirituality that keeps me in a perpetual state of fright about being in right relationship with my…

— Brennan Manning