Tagged: Christianity
There is nothing so secular that it cannot be sacred, and that is one of the deepest messages of the Incarnation. – Madeleine L’Engle
“The world may be fearful and anxious and weary, but we are not weighted by that world. We are following One who has unfathomable resources and One who makes them available to us and who says, “You must set new norms for life so that people can see what life can be. This is your task. Your primary vocation is to enter into covenant relationships with others who have also met this Christ—to be that new society into which others can be drawn.” -Elizabeth O’Connor
“For outlandish creatures like us, on our way to a heart, a brain, and courage, Bethlehem is not the end of our journey but only the beginning — not home, but the place through which we must pass if ever we are to reach home at last.” – Frederick Buechner, The Magnificent Defeat
“The gospel is not that there is still more to come in the future. It’s not about going to heaven when we die, or about being forgiven now and awaiting freedom later. It’s not about experiencing the sacred in the midst of the secular. Neither is it a new teaching or a new moral code. It is the promised ‘power of God for salvation’ (Romans 1:16)–a power that frees us from all that opposed God and God’s will and all that alienates us from ourselves and each other. This power frees us to live according to God’s original plan, where selfless sharing, justice, mutuality, respect, trust, forgiveness and joyful community become realized.” -Charles Moore, Why I Stopped Going to Church (The Daily Dig)
“In all your experience of Christ, it is wisest for you to stay away from any set form, or pattern, or way. Instead, be wholly given up to the leading of the Holy Spirit. By following your spirit, every encounter you have with the Lord is one that is perfect…no matter what the encounter is like” -Jeanne Guyon, Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ
“Get on your knees and pray, then get on your feet and work.” -Gordon B. Hinckley
“I believe the merciful God regards the lives and tempers of men more than their ideas. I believe he respects the goodness of the heart, rather than the clearness of the head.” – John Wesley, On Living Without God
“I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I hope to be. But I am not what I once used to be & by the grace of God I am what I am.” – John Newton
“To be glad of life because it gives you to chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars- to be satisfied with your possessions but not content with yourself until you have made the best of them- to despise nothing in the world except falsehood and meanness, and to fear nothing except cowardice- to be governed by you admirations rather than by your disgusts- to covet nothing that is your neighbors except his kindness of heart and gentleness of manners- to think seldom of your enemies, often of your friends, and every day of Christ; to spend as much time as you can in God’s out-of doors- these are the little guideposts on the footpaths to peace” -Henry Van Dyke, Footpath to Peace
“Relax, everything’s going to be all right; rest, everything’s coming together; open your hearts, love is on the way!” -Jude 1:2, The Message
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