When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
A kid asked me a few years ago, "What do you do to get the [Nobel] prize?"
I said, "It's very easy, you just need three things - you must have an easy name, like Tutu for example, you must have a large nose and you must have sexy legs."
The above are randomly chosen words from one of the greatest living exponents of Christian discipleship. No wonder Tutu likes to dance. Humour, humanity and holiness all rolled into one flawed but joyful Christian. Few people can preach an entire sermon, change the course of a conversation or interview, or restore trust to a relationship, with a smile. Tutu is one of those special people whose view of the world is itself a gesture of healing.
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