From "Finding Faith" by Brian McLaren

“I often think that one of the greatest gifts we Christians could give to Jesus…would be to just shut up about him for twenty-five years or so, during which time we would try to come to terms with what a mess we’ve made of the simple path that he introduced to planet earth (and which we quickly complicated, confused and corrupted), during which time we’d simply try to practice what he preached, especially the parts about loving God and loving our neighbors, during which time we would stop producing Jesus-junk (pencils, T-shirts, computer screen-savers, bumper stickers, plastic mugs, refrigerator magnets, and the like, with his name embossed upon them, which successfully merchandise and therefore cheapen his name) and try to rediscover some sense of reverence, dignity and good taste.

“After twenty-five years of that, perhaps we could say his name again on rare occasions and it wouldn’t sound so frivolous, so stained, so obscene.”

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