Hey, if you aren’t much into religion, you may not know how to recognize followers of Jesus. If you are interested and have a curious mind, I can tell you that Jesus himself gave a direct, simple way to spot them. “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples...
You've gotta Dance like there's nobody watching,Love like you'll never be hurt,Sing like there's nobody listening, andLive like it's heaven on earth.
The church tends to hold up a standard of “biblical manhood” that simultaneously emasculates men (you are helpless to control your sexual urges) and beastifies them (you must RULE your marriage and family and keep them under control). Neither approach reflects...
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's...
It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I'd been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here.
I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the riversflow in the right direction, will the earth turnas taught, and if not how shallI correct it?Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven,can I do better?Will I ever be able to sing, even the sparrowscan do it and I...
When love is the way, poverty will become history.When love is the way, the Earth will be a sanctuary.When love is the way, we will lay down our swords and shields, down by the riverside, to study war no more. from "Sermon from the Royal Wedding"
In times of change, Learners inherit the earth, while the Learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
The most amazing fact about Jesus, unlike almost any other religious founder, is that he found God in disorder and imperfection — and told us that we must do the same or we would never be content on this earth. from The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See