Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News For The Bedraggled, Beat-up, And Burnt Out

Quotes

• “For Ragamuffins, God's name is Mercy. We see our darkness as a prized possession because it drives us into the heart of ...”
• “For several centuries, the Celtic church of Ireland was spared the Greek dualism of matter and spirit. They regarded the...”
• “Creation discloses a power that baffles our minds and beggars our speech. We are enamored and enchanted by God's power. ...”
• “The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took his woes to God. 'They...”
• “Ragamuffins are simple, direct and honest. Their speech is unaffected. They are slow to claim, "God told me..."As they m...”
• “We must go out into a desert of some kind (your backyard will do) and come into a personal experience of the awesome lov...”
• “The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.”