Ben Figueiredo

“But what if there's really no such thing as a crisis of faith? ... What if it just feels like everything is going wrong, but really that instance is a moment when everything is about to go right? ... What if what we often call a faith crisis is actually a divine journey--not from God, or simply to God, but a journey with God?”
― Benjamin L. Corey, Unafraid: Moving Beyond Fear-Based Faith

“When sleep is abundant, minds flourish. When it is deficient, they don't.”
― Matthew Walker, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

“Orthodoxy and orthopraxy are both important and are both things that Jesus spoke to, but I no longer believe that either of these things belongs in the center of our circles. I think that spot should be reserved for the exact representation of love: Jesus. By erasing my central pursuit of orthodoxy and orthopraxy and replacing it with Jesus, the essence of love, I realized that perhaps Jesus was inviting us to pursue something even better than right thinking or right doing: he was inviting us to pursue a heart that is constantly increasing in is capacity to love.”
― Benjamin L. Corey, Unafraid: Moving Beyond Fear-Based Faith

“We are rarely conscious of all these things that are killing our faith because they become so enshrined in our belief system. And when we enter into an unexpected process of shedding off those things that we have grown comfortable with... Well, that moment feels like a crisis. It feels like our faith is falling apart. It feels like everything has gone wrong. But I'm convinced it's not a crisis at all, but the birth of a true faith.”
― Benjamin L. Corey, Unafraid: Moving Beyond Fear-Based Faith