Quotes by Beat Rink
Beat Rink (b. 1957) — Pfarrer, Gründer der Künstlerinitiative Crescendo, Künstlerseelsorger und Autor · evangelisch-reformiert · Schweiz
Beat Rink (* 1957) ist ein Schweizer evangelisch-reformierter Pfarrer, Künstlerseelsorger und Autor aus Basel. Er gründete 1985 das internationale Kulturschaffenden- und Musikernetzwerk „Crescendo“ und setzt sich seither für die Verbindung von christlichem Glauben, Theologie und zeitgenössischer Kunst ein. Bibellesenden begegnet er vor allem durch sprachlich geschliffene Aphorismen und geistliche Kurzbetrachtungen, die theologische Themen in poetischer Form reflektieren.
Era: Today
Recurring topics: Wisdom & Understanding, Meaning & Identity, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Faith & Trust, Doubt & Hard Questions, Grace & Redemption, Joy & Gratitude, Freedom & Truth
Quotes by Beat Rink
We want an abstract God, because we have concrete idols.
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God surrounds his children on all sides. Even from the worst.
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Unfathomable grace: it is hard to accept a gift without having earned it yourself.
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Be wise: ask foolish questions.
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Feelings of inferiority tell us they are not worth paying attention to.
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Children and drunks always have their guardian angels with them.
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What the sober man keeps in his head, the drunkard wears on his tongue.
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If you want to give up drinking, look at a drunkard with sober eyes.
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Some funerals differ from some weddings only in that there is one drunk less.
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After heavy drinking, the mind is very simple.
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One can only bear this state parliament with a lot of humor or in a drunken stupor.
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Then the madman met the drunkard and began to feel afraid.
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Sources: beatrink.ch, crescendo.org, euroleadership.org, ea-bs.ch