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Thank you to everyone who came out today. Thank you to our speakers and performers. We hope today was helpful and thought-provoking. We are thankful for every single one of you. #cgrva2020
“Evil is not a puzzle to be solved; it’s an incursion to be beaten back.” —James Smith #cgrva2029
“We are prone to over-expect from politics when we think we’re all we’ve got.” —James Smith #cgrva2020
“The point isn’t that God has a plan. The point is that God wins.” —James Smith #cgrva2020
“When we explain evil, we ironically end up explaining away love.” —James Smith #cgrva2020
“Every time we protest, every time we lament...we are bearing witness to what shalom is.” —James Smith #cgrva2020
“The price to pay for explaining evil is that you have to give up naming and opposing it.” —James Smith #cgrva2020
“If you’re able to identify the cause of evil, that would mean it has a place in the world...evil is what ought not to be...there’s no home here for it in God’s creation.” —James Smith #cgrvs2020
“If your heart isn’t broken over something, you’re not paying attention.” —Janet Vestal Kelly #cgrva2020
“It’s hard to find redeemed ambition without spending time in lament.” —Janet Vestal Kelly #cgrva2020
“Prayer was the first crack in my armor of selfish ambition.” —Janet Vestal Kelly #cgrva2020
“I don’t have to strive to get God to love me...rather because I know God loves me, I’m free to take risks and launch out into the deep...and get caught up in God’s mission in the world.” —Jamie Smith
“Are you doing this for God or for you?”
“Yes.”
—Jamie Smith pointing out that this was true for Augustine and true for us, too.
#cgrva2020
See you in a bit! Bring your tickets (digital or on paper) or your ID. We'll have the coffee ready for you. #cgrva2020
Ok, that’s it, fam! Online tickets are sold out! We will have a very, very, very limited number of tickets available at the door!
