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But whoever we are, we are made for the Beloved and made to share the Beloved’s delight in and care for the world. The responsibilities of ordinary life do not alienate us from our nature. They are the environment in which we encounter it.
Wendy Farley • Beguiled by Beauty
Doctrinal insights were meant to be carried relationally, not discovered in the think tanks of denominational seminaries.
Kris Vallotton • Heavy Rain: How to Flood Your World with God's Transforming Power
Being all things to all people, if this is our ministerial goal, ought to begin with being all ourselves to God who approves us, qualifies us, commissions us, and loves us.
Jared C. Wilson , Mike Ayers (Foreword) • The Pastor's Justification
“And these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work… this will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s son that we will be mature in the Lord.” (Ephesians 4:11-13)
Unity.
... See moreWhen we pay attention to practices, we are likely to notice the significance and beauty in small acts of grace and truth. We have a framework for talking about what is good and holy in our ordinary communities, and for seeing how we can strengthen places that might need it. While dealing with practical concerns, practices can also help move our
... See moreChristine D. Pohl • Living into Community: Cultivating Practices That Sustain Us
But he does have something evocative to contribute: your life, your “self,” who you truly are, is something that is “hidden with Christ in God.” Whatever there is about human identity that can be objectively known, measured, predicted, observed, whether by the Myers-Briggs, the Enneagram, the tax man, or the omniscient squint of your most
... See moreMartin Laird • Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation
intentionally embed the gift of limits into our church: