Mickelle

“Once again, Jesus was right all along. We are most ourselves when we’re thinking least about ourselves.”
― Andrew Peterson, Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making

“But first let us get one thing clear. Postmodernism has influenced religious understanding, including that characteristic of Christian theism, but it accepts the foundation at the heart of naturalism: Matter exists eternally; God does not exist.”
― James W. Sire, The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog

“Worship works from the top down, you might say. In worship we don’t just come to show God our devotion and give him our praise; we are called to worship because in this encounter God (re)makes and molds us top-down. Worship is the arena in which God recalibrates our hearts, reforms our desires, and rehabituates our loves. Worship isn’t just something we do; it is where God does something to us. Worship is the heart of discipleship because it is the gymnasium in which God retrains our hearts.”
― James K.A. Smith, You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit

“Stop a moment and look around. This is our Father’s world. We are sacred, you and I. And that’s the answer to the question that ended chapter 2: Who do I think I am, anyway? We need not look anywhere but to the eyes of our Savior for our true identity, an identity which is profoundly complex, unfathomable, deep as the sea, and yet can be boiled down to one little word: beloved. That’s it. And that’s why it’s so silly (and perilous) to use your gifting to clothe yourself with meaning. Those clothes will never quite fit.”
― Andrew Peterson, Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making