When God Thunders
Religion is one of
the safest places
to hide from God.
— Richard Rohr
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies,” thunders God in Amos 5:21.
[Let’s spend the month of August 2018 looking at some quotes, lines, memes, and other timeless ephemera — how’s that for an oxymoron? — that are too good not to share. Let’s contextualize some, let’s dissect others, and let’s simply enjoy still others. Let’s go!]
“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God,” says James 1:27, “is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.”
Religion is one of
the safest places
to hide from God.
— Richard Rohr
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