He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.--------------------------------------------------------Gender-inclusive, paraphrased version: Those who know all the answers have not been asked all the questions.
A smart person knows what to say. A wise person knows whether or not to say it.
Anyone who has struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.
A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small, "inside" group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people...
And now brothers, I will ask you a terrible question, and God knows I ask it also of myself. Is the truth beyond all truths, beyond the stars, just this: that to live without Christ is the real death, that to die with Christ the only life? from The Magnificent...
Genocide is biblical.Loving your enemy is biblical.But only one is Christlike.Slavery is biblical.Chain-breaking is biblical.But only one is Christlike. Patriarchy is biblical.Counter-cultural elevation of women is biblical.But only one is Christlike. Retributive...
You can't change the outcome, but you can sit with someone while they're going on their journey and just say, I see you and I'm here with you and I know you're suffering.
Anyone who has lost a loved one knows that you don't recover. Instead, you learn to incorporate their absence and memories into your life and channel your emotional energy toward others, and eventually, your grief will walk beside you instead of consuming you.
May we as kin-dom builders strive to create and embody spaces for our young ones to feel that the faith community is exactly where they belong. As we do this, may we also strive to create a community where everyone—regardless of their age, language, culture,...
I know two things now that I didn’t at 30: That when we get to heaven, we will discover that the appearance of our butts and our skin was 127th on the list of what mattered on this earth. And that I am not going to live forever. Knowing these things has set me free.