Michael Heidle

“When Jesus “starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably,” when his work in our lives “does not seem to make sense,” then he’s really getting somewhere. He’s pounding gaping holes in the painted drywall of our own wisdom to reveal the termite-infested 2x4s on the other side. Ripping up the carpet to point out an inch-wide crack in the foundation. What we thought would take a few months to fix and fancy up will, it turns out, require a lifetime of labor. But Christ is okay with that. He was, after all, raised in the home of a carpenter. And he’ll take his sweet time. C. S. Lewis says he “intends to come and live in it Himself,” but the truth is, he’s already moved in, put his underwear and socks in the drawers, and buckled on his tool belt. He’s here for the long haul.”
― Chad Bird, Upside-Down Spirituality: The 9 Essential Failures of a Faithful Life

“The glory of Advent and Christmas is camouflaged by humility, anonymity and even foolishness, for our God likes to hide himself beneath his opposite.”
― Chad Bird, Glory to God in the Highest: Devotions for Advent

“God has given us the gift of life.” He reeled round to face the congregation and boomed, “What you do with that life is your gift to Him.”
― Anna Faversham, One Dark Night

“You can't go back and change the beginning but you can start where you are and change the ending.”
― C.S. Lewis