Quotes from Rebecca Ann Parker

What I was learning in the church was in sharp contrast to the theology of self-sacrificing love I wrestled with. It wasn't the willingness to bear pain, or carry the burdens of others that transformed life in the places where life had been harmed by violence. It was strong relationships among human beings who offered their presence to one another.

A God who punishes disobedience will teach us to obey and endure when it would be holy to protest and righteous to refuse to cooperate.