Frederica Mathewes-Green quotes

Jesus showed us how to be courageous and sacrificial while we die for our beliefs, not while we kill for them. (Frederica Mathewes-Green)
God's presence is not just Light, and Life, but Love. And Love invites, but does not compel. View quote
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The Church is the safe place to be. I can safely believe everything the Church teaches. It will not harm me, and in fact it will equip me to grow and grow and have a better and better ability to experience that direct presence. View quote
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God is not looking for repayment, but repentance. What heals a broken relationship is sincere love and contrition. View quote
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People just don't realize how much peer pressure, the desire for peer acclamation, influences them. View quote
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People don't do theology in a vacuum but in a community with other theological thinkers, where there's jealousy, vanity, hurt pride, all those things. View quote
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Easter tells us of something children can't understand, because it addresses things they don't yet have to know: the weariness of life, the pain, the profound loneliness and hovering fear of meaninglessness. View quote
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Somehow we just don't make the same boisterous fun of Holy Week that we do of Christmas. No one plans to have a holly, jolly Easter. View quote
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