"As history shows, dead metaphors make good idols."

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Source : Elizabeth A. Johnson (2011). “Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God”, p.26, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Elizabeth A. Johnson

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“When we get christened or married or die, we drift naturally in the direction of the church. And in moments of crisis, when our spiritual Tom-Tom is no longer telling us what to do, we find ourselves scrabbling at the vicarage door.”
“I enjoyed Old Man's War immensely. A space war story with fast action, vivid characters, moral complexity and cool speculative physics, set in a future you almost want to live into, and a universe you sincerely hope you don't live in already.”
“They, OLDEFO (Old Established Forces), carry out l'exploitation de l'homme par 'homme (the exploitation of man by man). Do not let them live, so that there's no colonialism anymore in the world.”
“I remember when my daughter, Marina, was born. The second I laid eyes on her, I was in love, and I had never felt that way before. I couldn't believe it.”
“I've had the luxury of playing golf around the world, and I've spent a lot of time evaluating how to play all kinds of courses.”
“Noises and smells, those can bring back powerful memories. I remember when I was going to school one Fourth of July, and there were a lot of fireworks going off. I knew that I was in Richmond. I knew that I was a college student. But I thought people were shooting at me.”
“Someday the world is going to know who I am-just be hearing my first name.”
“Some damage is too severe, some harm endures. And what you have to do is accept it. And by accept it I mean, donâ€™t be the paralyzed person in the bed who is waiting to walk again. Realize, itâ€™s never gonna happen. And find some other way to get around â€“swing from a vine, get a Mad Max wheelchair. Anything butâ€¦wait.”

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