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We experience an encounter with the being of God, finding ourselves in union with the being of Jesus when we are ministered to and led to be ministers to others (see Matt. 25:31–46). To be formed in faith is to give yourself to the story of Jesus coming to you, or someone you know, in and through a death experience.
Andrew Root • Faith Formation in a Secular Age : Volume 1 (Ministry in a Secular Age): Responding to the Church's Obsession with Youthfulness
When in the Soul of the Serene Disciple When in the soul of the serene disciple With no more Fathers to imitate Poverty is a success, It is a small thing to say the roof is gone: He has not even a house. Stars, as well as friends, Are angry with the noble ruin. Saints depart in several directions. Be still: There is no longer any need of comment. I
... See moreRichard Rohr • Falling Upward, Revised and Updated: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
Frederick Buechner writes that your calling is found “where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”
Andy Crouch • Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling
They remind us that glory comes only by watching and waiting, by keeping an eye out for what most of us miss.
Tish Harrison Warren • Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
If I were a Christian, you would be my God.
Ruth Ozeki • A Tale for the Time Being: A Novel (ALA Notable Books for Adults)
The fact that most of us experience throughout most of our lives a sense of absence or distance from God is the great illusion that we are caught up in; it is the human condition.
Martin Laird • Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation
Grace as the encounter with God in time extends the present.
Andrew Root • The Congregation in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #3): Keeping Sacred Time against the Speed of Modern Life
The light came into the darkness and did ordinary work.
Tish Harrison Warren • Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
Where there is true faith, it will show itself in a person’s life.