In this world of losers . . .

Michael Spencer shared this quote in a recent post at his new blog, Jesus Shaped Spirituality. I don't usually care to simply repeat what others have done, but this little nugget just fits right in here at In the Clearing. The words, by the way, are from Robert Capon:

Jesus came to save a lost and losing world by his own lostness and defeat; but in this wide world of losers, everyone except Jesus remains firmly, if hopelessly, committed to salvation by winning. It hardly matters to us that the victories we fake for ourselves are two-bit victories, or that the losses (and losers) we avoid like the plague are the only vessels in which saving grace comes; we will do anything rather than face either the bankruptcy of our wealth or the richness of our poverty.