Quotemeal: Jul. 23rd, 2003

Wednesday, July 23, 2003

"Too many of us have a Christian vocabulary rather than a Christian experience. We think we are doing our duty when we're only talking about it."
— Charles F. Banning

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— Gaston Bachelard —
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— Julian of Norwich —
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— Robert E. Gibson —

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Illustration of Charles F. Banning — "Too many of us have a Christian vocabulary rather than a Christian experience. We think we are doing our duty when we're only talking about it."

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