Brandan Roberston, Nomad: A Spirituality For Travelling Light Quotes
…the weapon he used to transform the world was love.
The moment we begin to believe we have got something about God figured out with certainty is the moment we can be sure we are no longer speaking about God.
How easy it is for us to demonise from a distance. But when we stand face to face with our supposed enemy, it is hard to hate.
…Jesus spent more time eating, drinking and lounging with 'tax collectors and sinners' than explaining the Roman Roadmap to Heaven or undermining their belief system.
What are we to do when we seem to grow out of God? Or at least the understanding of God that we grew up with?
Allowing myself to wander off into the vast jungles of religion and spirituality has often led to me stumbling upon life altering new ways of thinking, living, and being.
But it's only when we allow ourselves to get lost that we can have the opportunity to find and be found.
…those who are the most confident are often those who don't have any fun.
If they're not willing to explore beyond the realm of their safety, certainty, and comfort, they will never know if their fantasies are true.
…for exploring beyond the boundaries that I had been taught to stay within.
I have come to see that exploration is not a practice of the unfaithful, but rather is exactly what being a follower of Christ is actually all about.
…because he was far more interested in allowing his disciples to cultivate a relationship and trust with and in him than leading them to a place of "arrival".
We no longer find out identity or value in having the right theology or being a part of the right denomination.
We no longer find our identity or value in having the right theology or being a part of the right denomination.
Traveling light gives me a way to set down what would otherwise be the baggage of someone else' decision to cling to well-worn path.
