Tom Morgan

“When statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos.”
― Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts

“The Contagion of Goodness Jesus’ images of a mustard seed and yeast can also point to another aspect of how the kingdom of God develops. I am convinced that the presence of God is something like an infectious disease that is passed from person to person, only here it is a contagion of goodness. Notice how many people were affected by Jesus himself and then by his early followers.”
― William A Barry, Experiencing God in the Ordinary

“The Glory of God is always found in movements of love, in communication of life, never in static routine, cramped piety, thoughtless repetition of official acts, conventional observance, external religious acts that could easily become the letter that kills, the continuing tyranny of the old, sinful self. The Spirit, by contrast, is wind, fire, light, water, Glory: the unexpected, the transforming, the self-communicating, the self-outpouring Power that shapes by embracing and not letting go.”
― Erasmo Leiva-Merikakisi, The Way of the Disciple