Mike Young

“Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal. —John F. Kennedy”
― Diana Butler Bass, Grounded: Finding God in the World-A Spiritual Revolution

“when our inner selves convert distinctions into a perceived right to diminish others, we are not on a holy path. We are submitting to the mighty enticements of the third temptation, and we are serving the tempter. God, whom we seek and serve, does not devalue our differences. God holds us all as equally beloved.”
― Alexander John Shaia, Heart and Mind: The Four-Gospel Journey for Radical Transformation

“The biggest issue of the twenty-first century is not necessarily the “decline” of neighborhood. It may be that we have all moved to a new neighborhood and have not learned how to get along with the new neighbors.”
― Diana Butler Bass, Grounded: Finding God in the World-A Spiritual Revolution

“of all bad motives none may be worse or more hopeless than fear. Nobody, I think, has ever done good work because of fear. Good work is done by knowing how and by love. Love requires faith, courage, patience, and steadiness, none of which can come from fear.”
― Wendell Berry, The Art of Loading Brush: New Agrarian Writings