“Ragamuffins have a singular prayer: God, be merciful to me, a sinner. Any additional flourishes to make that cry more palatable are pharisaical leaven. WARNING: Mine has been anything but a straight shot, more like a crooked path filled with thorns and crows and vodka. Prone to wander? You bet. I’ve been a priest, then an ex-priest. Husband, then ex-husband. Amazed crowds one night and lied to friends the next. Drunk for years, sober for a season, then drunk again. I’ve been John the beloved, Peter the coward, and Thomas the doubter all before the waitress brought the check. I’ve shattered every one of the Ten Commandments six times Tuesday. And if you believe that last sentence is for dramatic effect, it wasn’t.” –Brennan Manning, from his memoir “All is Grace”

A quote from Brennan Manning’s memoir… is a post from: Jesus Needs New PR