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We often have no other option than to persevere when a challenge is unavoidable (getting fired, battling illness, losing a loved one, etc.), but we can also persevere intentionally when a challenge is avoidable. When we do, we accelerate Vertical growth with intention.
The Map
Keith M. Eigel, PhD
The fundamental purpose of God’s prophets, then, is to make peace by calling us to the repentance that leads to reconciliation and by simultaneously advocating for the material and social conditions that make peace possible. And I think that the reason prophets run up against civil authorities so consistently is precisely because the work of creating peace requires confrontation with the forces that undermine peace through exploitation and violence. Peace is not the same thing as quiet.
With Love We Shall Force Our Brothers: Prophetic Peacemaking With James Baldwin by Anthony Barr
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There comes a point where we recognize we’re trying to serve two masters, and we have to choose which one we will serve. Our arms are just not big enough to carry both the cross and the sword.
The Irresistible Revolution
Shane Claiborne
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