“O God, to whom we pray for truth, be with us in our trembling lest we find it. We fear its light; our lives are full of shadows: what shall we do for shelter when we stand before the brightness of truth? We do not want the truth that troubles us and seeks to save us; we look for truth that brings us safety, comfort, and repose… We do not want the truth that tells us of a world of human wretchedness, with wrongs to be set right and justice calling us to serve it. For if we see this truth, we must admit our own betrayals: our callousness and cowardice, our evasions and our love of ease. We do not seek the truth of conscience. We want an indulgent God of tenderness and loving kindness who will not trouble our conscience or challenge our complacency. Forgive us our complacency, O God.”
A. Powell Davies (1902 – 1957), Unitarian minister, quoted in Fragments of Holiness for Daily Reflection
Chorlton Unitarians 