Bryan

“the words planted in the world by the Word himself and brought to fruition by the Spirit. We are dealing here with the living God, not a dead one who merely presses the “on” button to create matter, but who strives continuously with creation to bring cosmos out of chaos.”
― Michael S. Horton, Rediscovering the Holy Spirit: God’s Perfecting Presence in Creation, Redemption, and Everyday Life

“I came to see my four-star inexperience not as a weakness but as a superpower. My inexperience enabled me to look critically at every step of service and to interrogate the only thing that mattered: the guests’ experience. Did a rule bring us closer to our ultimate goal, which was connecting with people? Or did it take us further from it?”
― Will Guidara, Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect

“continuing the same things that are not bringing renewal is not going to bring renewal. Lack of commitment is not going to bring renewal. Business as usual will not bring renewal. Accumulating knowledge without putting it into practice will not bring renewal. We need our autopilot patterns interrupted.”
― Mark Sayers, Reappearing Church: The Hope for Renewal in the Rise of Our Post-Christian Culture

“Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't.”
― John Piper