“There’s commonality in the ways that we fear, and there’s commonality in the ways that we fail, and when we partner in the pain, it gives way to sharing in the joy as well. From”
― It's Not Fair: Learning to Love the Life You Didn't Choose
― It's Not Fair: Learning to Love the Life You Didn't Choose
“Technology facilitates the natural human drive to flee from the moment, avoid what’s challenging, and seek pleasure at all costs, none of which create happiness, peace, or well-being in the end.”
― The Power of Off: The Mindful Way to Stay Sane in a Virtual World
― The Power of Off: The Mindful Way to Stay Sane in a Virtual World
“When the worship of God turns into a “worship experience,” we have derailed as the body of Christ.”
― 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess
― 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess
“We are succumbing to our more primitive tendencies toward unconsciousness, going under a kind of technological anesthesia, which renders us unaware of where we actually are physically and with whom we are sharing company. Technology is dazzling us into a form of entertaining sleep, and too many of us are not yet making conscious choices about whether we agree with what is happening and in fact want to disappear from our lives. Technology”
― The Power of Off: The Mindful Way to Stay Sane in a Virtual World
― The Power of Off: The Mindful Way to Stay Sane in a Virtual World
“Grayed-down discipleship is an easier sell, but it created pretend Christians, obsessing over Scriptures we like while conspicuously ignoring the rest.”
― 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess
― 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess
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