Al Soto

“The Bible contains many stories of dysfunctional heroes because its purpose is to show us our exceptional God, a God of love and grace and power; who works through people who have limitations - just like we do. These stories help us develop a vocabulary to identify and describe the reality of brokenness in our own lives.”
― James C. Wilhoit, Spiritual Formation as if the Church Mattered: Growing in Christ through Community

“we cannot cure our own brokenness nor can we manage it. Unfortunately, the longer we spend around the church the more we tend to ourselves less as sinners and more as people who are "getting it together" avoiding the deep transformation that Christ can only do in us!”
― James C. Wilhoit, Spiritual Formation as if the Church Mattered: Growing in Christ through Community

“But there are many kinds of idols, and the most dangerous ones are not those we fashion with our hands, but those we unconsciously carry with us in our heads.”
― Andre' Louf

“Christian spiritual formation requires that we actively and continually receive from God. We need to be extraordinary consumers of grace; we need to receive his words of love and correction, his forgiveness, his affirmation, his life, and the list goes on. Without receiving from God, there is no true formation.”
― James C. Wilhoit, Spiritual Formation as if the Church Mattered: Growing in Christ through Community