Frank DeCenso

“When avoiding failure is a primary focus, the work isn’t just more stressful; it’s a lot harder to do. And over the long run, that mental strain takes a toll, resulting in less innovation and the experience of burnout. Ironically, allowing for mistakes to happen can elevate the quality of our performance. It’s true even within roles that don’t require creativity.”
― Ron Friedman, The Best Place to Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace

“If you follow Jesus, you’ll do what He did. You’ll seek to please the heavenly Father first and foremost. You’ll care for the poor, you’ll wash feet, and you’ll offend some Pharisees along the way. You’ll also traffic in the miraculous. And it won’t just be as an eyewitness. It’ll be as a catalyst. Please believe me when I say, you are someone else’s miracle! Make no mistake about it: only God can perform miracles. So God gets all of the glory.”
― Mark Batterson, The Grave Robber: How Jesus Can Make Your Impossible Possible

“As a full-time paid religious person, I understand the desire to restrict God’s work to only those who are formally recognized by our religious institutions. But He’s too unpredictable for that.”
― Mike Erre, Astonished: Recapturing the Wonder, Awe, and Mystery of Life with God

“Part of our problem is that we confuse God’s reliability with God’s predictability. God is perfectly reliable. His character never changes. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. His word never fails. He is love. God does not lie, and there is no hint of darkness in Him. But reliability does not equal predictability. To say that God is always good, faithful, or loving doesn’t mean God always makes sense ahead of time.”
― Mike Erre, Astonished: Recapturing the Wonder, Awe, and Mystery of Life with God