Mission
Mission is not a burden laid upon the church; it is a gift and a promise to the church that is faithful. The command arises from the gift. Jesus reigns and all authority
Quotes
Churches and busyness
In The Way of the Heart, Nouwen talks about the temptation to keep people busy in the church. He warns:
Our task is the opposite of distraction…The question that must guide all
When you have a bad day at work
When you have had one of those take-this-job-and-shove-it-days, try this. On your way home after work, stop at your pharmacy and go to the section where they have thermometers. You will need to
Grace
From Gracious Christianity, quoted by Scot McKnight:
Christians currently account for almost one-third of the world’s people, two billion out of a global population of just over six billion. If the faith
Try to die around the time you have your funeral
“Some people die at seventeen and put their funeral off until they’re seventy-seven. And I see a lot of dead young people, I see a lot of alive old people.” (Bono)