February 2012
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The other night Corrie & I had the privilege of having a long overdue dinner with friends. However, these are not just any old friends. These are the kind of friends that remind you how your life was created to be lived in the grace-rhythm of community. The kind of grace-rhythm that surpasses the things our culture offers as substitutes to fill the empty spaces. We arrived and knocked on...
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January 2012
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The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: “If I stop...
– Martin Luther King Jr.
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December 2011
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Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is not having the capability to realize...
– Amartya Sen
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O Word, now wrapped in human skin : speak peace on earth through your...
– Book of Common Prayer
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The whole point of what Jesus was up to was that he was doing close up, in the...
– Bishop N. T. Wright of Durham
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But when the Bible speaks of love, it measures it primarily not by how much you...
– Tim Keller, The Meaning of Marriage
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November 2011
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…many who work for peace are not at peace. They have anger and frustration, and...
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via foldingthoughts)
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There is much evidence on several levels that there are at least two major tasks...
– Richard Rohr, Falling Upward
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A community has to be careful that it is not welcoming people
because this...
– Jean Vanier, Community & Growth
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Whatever I had read as a child about the saints had thrilled me. I could see the...
– Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement
If we are in community only to ‘do things’, its daily life will not...
– Jean Vanier, Community & Growth
October 2011
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You determine the depth of your life, God determines the breadth of your...
– Dr. Stephen Graves
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The fundamental building blocks of the kingdom are relationships. Not programs,...
– Unknown
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Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve...
– Steve Jobs, Stanford University commencement speech, 2005
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Show us that joy comes when we are caught up in works of mercy and find...
– Book of Common Prayer
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September 2011
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The cry of the poor is threatening to the rich person within us. We are...
– Jean Vanier, Community & Growth
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Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me...
– Matthew 11:28-30 MSG