“ Compassion constitutes a radical form of criticism, for it announces that the hurt is to be taken seriously, that the hurt is not to be accepted as normal and natural but is an abnormal and unacceptab… Walter Brueggemann
“ Third, Alan Paton, in bearing witness to his thirteen-year-old son at confirmation time about this You beyond all the yous in Johannesburg, writes:Do not pronounce judgment on the Infinite, nor suppos… Walter Brueggemann
“ Sabbath, in the first instance, is not about worship. It is about work stoppage. It is about withdrawal from the anxiety system of Pharaoh, the refusal to let one’s life be defined by production and c… Walter Brueggemann
“ When we live according to our fears and our hates, our lives become small and defensive, lacking the deep, joyous generosity of God. If you find some part of your life where your daily round has grown… Walter Brueggemann
“ If we construct an economy where quantities are controlled, based on the belief there is never enough for all, then we must compete to determine the winners. We begin this with grades in the first gra… Walter Brueggemann
“ The prophet engages in futuring fantasy. The prophet does not ask if the vision can be implemented, for questions of implementation are of no consequence until the vision can be imagined. The imaginat… Walter Brueggemann
“ Cynicism always comes clothed in "realism". The alternatives to begin with an act of imagination. Can we imagine another way? Walter Brueggemann
“ Grief is an element of aliveness and the answer to the denial the market demands of us. It is an index of our humanity. It is proof of the presence of our relatedness to each other. It is a communal p… Walter Brueggemann
