From Krista Tippet's interview with Fr. Greg Boyle in 2013, the unedited version, just after the 30 minute mark:
"The fear that drives us is that we have to have our sacred in a certain way, it has to be gold-plated and cost millions and cast of thousands and ... we've wrestled the cup out of Jesus's hand, and we've replaced it with a chalice. Because who doesn't know that a chalice is more sacred than a cup? Never mind that Jesus didn't use a chalice, because if it's gold-plated and jewel-encrusted it is [clearly] more sacred. ... [but] Jesus doesn't lose any sleep that we will forget that the Eucharist is sacred, he is anxious that we might forget that it's ordinary, that it's a meal shared among friends, because if we don't see that then, we'll be unable to recognize the sacred in the ordinary, and that's the Incarnation."
And from this Brené Brown episode, around 53 minutes:
"We need moments of collective joy and we need moments of experiences of collective pain, we need to find ways to come together in those moments and in small towns...in big towns...we have to start having conversations. This is where - the only place I can think of in small towns where people can come together and actually have conversations, where people can make and hold space for that, are faith communities, and we're not doing it. ... He or she who chooses comfort over courage and facilitating real conversations - in towns and cities and synagogues and areas who need it - when you choose your own comfort over trying to bring people together, and you're a leader - either a civic leader or a faith leader - your days of relevance are numbered."If you're somehow reading this before noon on January 12, Zurich time, say a prayer for me and the big scary church service. Will report on it tomorrow, unless it's actually killed me, which I have to admit is very unlikely.
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