It is a really fun read, though. The book is written by a Quaker pastor, and it is about a pastor who lives in a small town shepherding the church where he grew up. It makes me laugh out loud and makes me pause to ponder.
Here are a couple of quotes from pages I have dog-eared over the years...
God could have sent a lawyer who would scrupulously define the limits of love. Instead, He went for broke, and sent a child with whom He was well pleased. And had the good sense to tell Him that.
Christmas, I tell my wife, is not the time to hold back. It is the bold stroke, the song in the silence, the red hat in a gray-suit world.
That is the problem of theology- instead of bringing clarity, it often raises questions too frightening to consider.
"You know, Sam, having the Nativity scene spread out like that kinda reminded me how we never really see the full picture. We think we do, but most we're just lookin' at bits and pieces, thinkin' we're seeing the whole thing."
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