Openness to the world awakens us to constant reformation, believing that divine inspiration is found beyond as well as within our religious institutions. Living faith is growing faith. Even Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and so must we and our institutions as we trust that God will guide us through the twenty-first-century spiritual wilderness, showing us what we need to change, jettison, and affirm and reminding us that through all life’s changes, nothing can separate us from the love of God.
—from the book Walking with Francis of Assisi: From Privilege to Activism
by Bruce Epperly
