Francis Spufford Quotes

Francis Spufford — English Author born on December 30, 1964,

Francis Spufford, FRSL is an English author... (wikipedia)

For a believer, Christian faith is true to the human heart, not in the sense that any old thing we fancy believing in will become conveniently true - but because the complicated truth about our hearts, as we struggle to perceive it, tells us what we are and where we are, and consequently what we need.

There have been low moments before, but Christianity is an incredibly adaptable organism, using different parts of its repertoire to mutate into new ecological niches, yet preserving intact its story of grace, of love improbably triumphant.

I am a fairly orthodox Christian. Every Sunday, I say and do my best to mean the whole of the Creed, which is a series of propositions. But it is still a mistake to suppose that it is assent to the propositions that makes you a believer. It is the feelings that are primary.

Self-awareness is not the same thing as self-approval, any more than imagination is the same thing as day-dreaming.

Emotions can certainly be misleading: they can fool you into believing stuff that is definitely, demonstrably untrue.