I found the following in the introduction to Conversations with Scripture: The Gospel of Mark by Marcus Borg. The introduction is written by Frederick W. Schmidt, the series editor.
He quotes (or paraphrases) William Sloane Coffin:
"...the problem with Americans and the Bible is that we read it like a drunk uses a lamppost. We lean on it, we don't use it for illumination. Leaning on Scripture and having the lamppost taken out completely are simply two very closely related ways of failing to acknowledge the creative space provided by Scripture."
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