For the child who doesn't like speaking in front of others, yet will sing their heart out. For the child who is misunderstood in the playground, yet embraced in a music ensemble. For the child who struggles in the classroom, yet flourishes on the stage. Music is for...
A poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing.
In grief, there is no stage called closure.
I do not think that I will ever reach a stage when I will say, "This is what I believe. Finished." What I believe is alive...and open to growth.
The final stage of healing is using what happens to you to help other people.
What if we take away the cool music and the cushioned chairs; what if the screens are gone and the stage is no longer decorated? What if the air conditioner is off and the comforts are removed? Would His Word still be enough for His people to come...
God’s image shines through us most clearly in the act of creation — comprising the three stages of Idea, Expression and Recognition — and by reproducing this act we may begin to grasp, by analogy, the Trinity. from Reaching for the Invisible God
We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough, and we'll be more content when they are. After that, we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will...
Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams. Love in dreams is greedy for immediate action, rapidly performed and in sight of all. People will give their lives if only the ordeal does not last long but is soon over, with all looking on...
Being numbered among the “least of these” is a condition, not just in childhood, but at any stage in life when we are out of control, weak, needy, and dependent. In taking a child in his arms, in placing the child at the forefront of his disciples, Jesus made an...