Do Not Be Too Quick to Condemn — Thomas Merton

Do not be too quick to condemn the man (or woman) who no longer believes in God: for it is perhaps your own coldness and avarice and mediocrity and materialism and selfishness that have chilled (their) faith. — Thomas Merton (New Seeds of Contemplation, p. 177)

I firmly believe that with the rise of Christian nationalism and division in this country the church as an institution and individuals who say that they are Christians need to pause and consider what their message is and whether or not it is who and what Christ has called us to be.