“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” —Mahatma Gandhi
Category Archives: Inspiration
A More Compassionate World
If we can cultivate a concern for others, keeping in mind the oneness of humanity, we can build a more compassionate world. — The Dalai Lama
Kingdom Building
“There is a greatness inherent within you. That greatness comes from God. He has bestowed each of us with unique gifts and talents to be used for kingdom building here on earth.”― Gabriella Marigold Lindsay, Living F.I.T.: A 40-Day Guide to Living Faithfully, Intentionally, and Tenaciously
When God Wants to Sort Out the World
“When God wants to sort out the world, as the Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount make clear, he doesn’t send in the tanks. He sends in the meek, the broken, the justice hungry, the peacemakers, the pure-hearted and so on.”― N.T. Wright, The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was & Is
His Great Upside Down Kingdom
“We are to be agents of His great upside down Kindgom, where the outcasts are listened to, the broken are given dignity, and those suffering under the weight of sexual exploitation are rescued and healed.”― Mary E. DeMuth, We Too: How the Church Can Respond Redemptively to the Sexual Abuse Crisis
The Kingdom of God is Organic
“Jesus made clear that the Kingdom of God is organic and not organizational. It grows like a seed and it works like leaven: secretly, invisibly, surprisingly, and irresistibly. — Os Guinness
Heaven on Earth
“God gave you a heart to love with, not to hate with, God gave you the ability to create Heaven on earth, not Hell.” — Leon Brown
The Friday Affirmation
“The perfect moment is this one.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Putting Teachings into Practice
“You should understand the whole purpose of listening to teachings, taking teachings and studying them is to put them into practice. What you know should be put into practice immediately; you can thus derive the benefit of having some transformation within your mind. Even though it might be a very minor effort, a very smallContinue reading “Putting Teachings into Practice”
Attachment to Material Things
“The greatest spiritual challenge is an attachment to material things. Even the most dedicated spiritual practice is meaningless when we are controlled by what we own.” ― Anthon St. Maarten
