Quote from : The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out Book

The confessing church of American Ragamuffins needs to join Magdalene and Peter in witnessing that Christianity is not primarily a moral code but a grace-laden mystery; it is not essentially a philosophy of love but a love affair; it is not keeping rules with clenched fists but receiving a gift with open hands.