"It is experiences of being overwhelmed, nearly destroyed,……" — Walter Brueggemann
"It is experiences of being overwhelmed, nearly destroyed, & surprisingly given life that empower us to pray & sing."
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21 Quotes by Walter Brueggemann
Walter Brueggemann has 21 quotes on this site.
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And when we take ourselves too seriously, we are grim about the brothers and sisters, especially the dissenting ones, and…
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Compassion constitutes a radical form of criticism, for it announces that the hurt is to be taken seriously, that the…
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Those who sign on and depart the system of anxious scarcity become the historymakers in the neighborhood.
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Sabbath, in the first instance, is not about worship. It is about work stoppage. It is about withdrawal from the…
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The task of prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish, and evoke a consciousness and perception alternative to the consciousness and…
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The gospel is fiction when judged by the empire, but the empire is fiction when judged by the gospel.
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When serious people of good faith disagree, they've got to go back into the narratives and come at it again.…
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People notice peacemakers because they dress funny. We know how the people who make war dress - in uniforms and…
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Imagination is a danger thus every totalitarian regime is frightened of the artist. It is the vocation of the prophet…
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We pray because our life comes from God and we yield it back in prayer. Prayer is a great antidote…
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The power of the future lies not in the hands of those who believe in scarcity but of those who…
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We now know that human transformation does not happen through didacticism or through excessive certitude, but through the playful entertainment…
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More Destroyed Quotes
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John Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is…
— Isaac Asimov
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Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always…
— Roger Babson
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Arab leaders worry more about making money from the profits they get from oil and gas that they turn the…
— Abu Bakar Bashir
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The crisis and recession have led to very low interest rates, it is true, but these events have also destroyed…
— Ben Bernanke
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The recent past always presents itself as if destroyed by catastrophes.
— Theodor Adorno
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Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are…
— William Blake
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I think people had somehow gotten the sense that we have explored everything, when that isn't the case. We so…
— James Cameron
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What is the system? It revolves around the banks, the system is built on the power of the banks, so…
— Eric Cantona
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My work is being destroyed almost as soon as it is printed. One day it is being read; the next…
— Al Capp
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I want the government to provide the military so we don't get invaded by somebody and destroyed. I want the…
— Benjamin Carson
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We must confront the privileged elite who have destroyed a large part of the world.
— Hugo Chavez
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I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the…
— Lord Chesterfield
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