"Theology is not only about understanding the world;……" — Miroslav Volf

"Theology is not only about understanding the world; it is about mending the world."

— Miroslav Volf

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38 Quotes by Miroslav Volf

Miroslav Volf has 38 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The goal of pursuit of justice must not simply be that justice happens but that reconciliation also happens.
Christ came to transform us from never enough people - to more than enough people; that through his poverty we…
We will not "forget" so as to be able to rejoice; we will rejoice and therefore let those memories (of…
Love properly understood is God—the font of all creation and the ultimate goal of all desires; God properly understood is…
Absolute hospitality would in no way amount to the absence of violence. To the contrary, it would enthrone violence precisely…
Christ's indwelling presence has freed us from exclusive orientation toward ourselves and opened us up in two directions: toward God,…
If you take the 'love your enemy' out of Christianity, you've 'unChristianed' the Christian faith.
Every word and every deed, every thought and every gesture, even the simple act of paying attention can be a…
There is no space in which worship should not take place, no time when it should not occur, and no…
If we can exit a relationship, pressure to reconcile lessens; if we must live with those who have wronged us,…
If no one remembers a misdeed or names it publically, it remains invisible. To the observer, its victim is not…
The significance of the crucifixion is not only what God does for us; consistently throughout the New Testament the crucifixion…

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More Mending Quotes

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[In my home workshop,] generally I'm mending things, which is interesting because you learn a lot about why they broke. — James Dyson
Imagine a school-boy who has outgrown his clothes. Imagine the repairs made on the vestments where the enlarged frame had… — John Joseph Griffin
How can a man's life keep it's course If he will not let it flow, Those who flow as life… — Laozi
She who knows life flows, feels no wear or tear, needs no mending or repair. — Gautama Buddha
I felt shame - I see this clearly, now - at the instinctive recognition in myself of an awful enfeebling… — Joseph O'Neill
I'm not saying people should go out and start killing," the California-based Vlasak says. But he's not saying activists shouldn't… — Jerry Vlasak
Christianity is wild. It’s intimate. It’s heartbreaking and soul-mending. It’s the wings to rise above the everyday and hope of… — Steven James
It is never worth while to make rents in a garment for the sake of mending them? Nor to create… — Charles Spurgeon
I believe that the yarn we spin is capable of mending the broken warp and woof of our life! — Mahatma Gandhi
When you incline to have new clothes, look first well over the old ones, and see if you cannot shift… — Benjamin Franklin
Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The Grace of God is glue. — Eugene O'Neill
Heaven have mercy on us all - Presbyterians and Pagans alike - for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about… — Herman Melville

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