Michael D. Welter

“When you enter your own pain, you will be like Jacob wrestling with the angel. When you come away from the event, you will have two things—a healed wound and a new name (identity).”
― John Savage, Listening and Caring Skills in Ministry: A Guide for Groups and Leaders

“Remember the wisdom of Dallas Willard: “The true social activist is the person who lives as an apprentice of Jesus in his or her ordinary relationships.” It means living with a kingdom mind and heart in our marriages, with our parents and our children, with our coworkers, our neighbors and the guy at the hardware store who is blocking the aisle.”
― James Bryan Smith, The Good and Beautiful Community: Following the Spirit, Extending Grace, Demonstrating Love

“Michael Green cuts through church cant: “God’s church exists not for itself but for the benefit of those who are not yet members. . . . [and] the church which lives for itself will be sure to die by itself.” The church is not a religious club and it does not have a secular mission. Instead, it is a worshipping and sending community.”
― Scot McKnight, Jesus Creed: Loving God, Loving Others

“Thomas à Kempis: Of what use is it to discourse learnedly on the Trinity, if you lack humility and therefore displease the Trinity? Lofty words do not make a man just or holy; but a good life makes him dear to God. I would far rather feel contrition than be able to define it. If you knew the whole Bible by heart, and all the teachings of the philosophers, how would this help you without the grace and love of God?[6]”
― Dallas Willard, Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God