David Berry

“While it is good that we seek to know the Holy One, it is probably not so good to presume that we ever complete the task.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, God is in the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas

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― Vigen Guroian, The Fragrance of God

“Christian community is like the Christian's sanctification. It is a gift of God which we cannot claim. Only God knows the real state of our fellowship, of our sanctification. What may appear weak and trifling to us may be great and glorious to God. Just as the Christian should not be constantly feeling his spiritual pulse, so, too, the Christian community has not been given to us by God for us to be constantly taking its temperature. The more thankfully we daily receive what is given to us, the more surely and steadily will fellowship increase and grow from day to day as God pleases.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

“We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community