God is not a celestial prison warden jangling the keys on a... - Clarence Jordan, The Substance of Faith: And Other Cotton Patch Sermons

"God is not a celestial prison warden jangling the keys on a bunch of lifers--he's a shepherd seeking for sheep, a woman searching for coins, a father waiting for his son."

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