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general, I weathered even the worst sermons pretty well. They had the great virtue of causing my mind to wander. Some of the best things I have ever thought of I have thought of during bad sermons.
“If we are made for friendship, then we will be missing something fundamental in our marriages and parenting if we try to do those without friends.”
― Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendship
― Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendship
“Holy One,4 there is something I wanted to tell you but there have been errands to run, bills to pay, arrangements to make, meetings to attend, friends to entertain, washing to do . . . and I forget what it is I wanted to say to you, and mostly I forget what I’m about, or why. O God, don’t forget me, please, for the sake of Jesus Christ.”
― Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry
― Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry
“relationship with God, as with any person, soon requires a contribution from us, which will largely consist of study. Calvin Miller well remarks: “Mystics without study are only spiritual romantics who want relationship without effort.”23”
― The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives
― The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives
“People who think that they are spiritually superior because they make a practice of a discipline such as fasting or silence or frugality are entirely missing the point. The need for extensive practice of a given discipline is an indication of our weakness, not our strength. We can even lay it down as a rule of thumb that if it is easy for us to engage in a certain discipline, we probably don’t need to practice it. The disciplines we need to practice are precisely the ones we are not “good at” and hence do not enjoy.”
― The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives
― The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives
“The internet and smartphones are fantastic for connections, communication, and knowledge. But connections are not friends, communication is not intimacy, and knowledge is not wisdom.”
― Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendship
― Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendship
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