Jeff Gala

“Let him into the mire and muck of our world. For only if we let him in can he pull us out.”
― Max Lucado, Celebrating Christmas with Jesus: An Advent Devotional

“This is the homely heart of Incarnation, this meeting of God in man with men and women, this simple face of divine graciousness in ordinary life rather than in the hymns of church fathers or in the dry elaborations of theologians.”
― Eugene Kennedy, The Joy of Being Human: Reflections for Every Day of the Year

“The incarnation took all that properly belongs to our humanity and delivered it back to us, redeemed. All of our inclinations and appetites and capacities and yearnings are purified and gathered up and glorified by Christ. He did not come to thin out human life; He came to set it free. All the dancing and feasting and processing and singing and building and sculpting and baking and merrymaking that belong to us, and that were stolen away into the service of false gods, are returned to us in the gospel.”
― Thomas Howard

“Because if you don’t know what your ultimate vision is, it’s impossible to persevere through the drudgery and difficulty of the many steps that need to be taken along the path.”
― Rainn Wilson, Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution