“I notice that whenever people aim to solve their conflicts with one another by turning to the Bible… defending the dried ink marks on the page becomes more vital than defending the neighbor. … If I am not careful I can begin to mistake words on the page for the realities they describe.  I can begin to love the dried ink marks on the page more than I love the encounters that gave rise to them. … The whole purpose of the Bible, it seems to me, is to convince people to set the written word down in order to become living words in the world for God’s sake” (Barbara Brown Taylor, Leaving Church)

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