Anne Lamott Quotes about Jesus

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Sometimes I think that Jesus watches my neurotic struggles, and shakes his head and grips his forehead and starts tossing back mojitos.

Sometimes I think that Jesus watches my neurotic struggles, and shakes his head and grips his forehead and starts tossing back mojitos.

Anne Lamott

Jesus, Struggle, Thinking

Anne Lamott (2008). “Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith”, p.47, Penguin

I thought such awful thoughts that I cannot even say them out loud because they would make Jesus want to drink gin straight out of the cat dish.

Anne Lamott

Jesus, Cat, Alcohol

Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, p.117, Anchor

I just try to love and serve everyone, and bring everyone water, and lend an ear; that's what Jesus said to do.

Anne Lamott

Jesus, Water, Trying

I think Jesus is divine love manifest on Earth, as it comes through the community of Christians.

Anne Lamott

Christian, Jesus, Thinking

I worry that Jesus drinks himself to sleep when he hears me talk like this.

Anne Lamott

Jesus, Sleep, Worry

Evangelical Christians and I can sit down and talk one on one about how much we love Jesus, and yet I'm not carried in Christian bookstores.

Anne Lamott

Christian, Jesus, Bookstores

If we can believe in the Gnostic gospel of Thomas, old Uncle Jesus said, "If you bring forth what is inside you, what you bring forth will save you. If you don't bring forth what is inside you, what you bring forth can destroy you.

Anne Lamott

Jesus, Uncles, Believe

Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.199, Anchor

God sent Jesus to join the human experience, which means to make a lot of mistakes. Jesus didn't arrive here knowing how to walk. He had fingers and toes, confusion, sexual feelings, crazy human internal processes. He had the same prejudices as the rest of his tribe: he had to learn that the Canaanite woman was a person. He had to suffer the hardships and tedium and setbacks of being a regular person. If he hadn't the incarnation would mean nothing.

Anne Lamott

Jesus, Crazy, Mistake

Anne Lamott (2008). “Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith”, p.101, Penguin

You can tell if people are following Jesus, because they are fedding the poor, sharing their wealth, and trying to get everyone medical insurance.

Anne Lamott

Jesus, People, Medical Insurance

For me, Jesus is my cleft in the rock. He is my safest friend, my safe totally loving accepting big brother.

Anne Lamott

Jesus, Brother, Rocks

"Like a puppy in a Christmas stocking". Interview with Susan Olasky, world.wng.org. September 20, 2003.

Why couldn't Jesus command us to obsess over everything, to try to control and manipulate people, to try not to breathe at all, or to pay attention, stomp away to brood when people annoy us, and then eat a big bag of Hershey's Kisses in bed?

Anne Lamott

Jesus, Kissing, People

Mine was a patchwork God, sewn together from bits of rag and ribbon, Eastern and Western, pagan and Hebrew, everything but the kitchen sink and Jesus.

Anne Lamott

Jesus, Kitchen, Together

Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, p.41, Anchor