Prayer Is The Disciplined Refusal To Act

The Word 'christian' Means Different Things To Different People. To One Person It Means A Stiff, Upright, Inflexible Way Of Life, Colorless And Unbending. To Another It Means A Risky, Surprised-filled Adventure, Lived Tiptoe At The Edge Of Expectation...if We Get Our Information From The Biblical Material, There Is No Doubt That The Christian Life Is A Dancing, Leaping, Daring Life.

Pastors Are Highly Susceptible To The Sin Of Sloth.

To Follow Jesus Implies That We Enter Into A Way Of Life That Is Given Character And Shape And Direction By The One Who Calls Us. To Follow Jesus Means Picking Up Rhythms And Ways Of Doing Things That Are Often Unsaid But Always Derivative From Jesus, Formed By The Influence Of Jesus. To Follow Jesus Means That We Can't Separate What Jesus Is Saying From What Jesus Is Doing And The Way That He Is Doing It. To Follow Jesus Is As Much, Or Maybe Even More, About Feet As It Is About Ears And Eyes" (the Way Of Jesus, Eugene H. Peterson, 22).

I Don't Want To End Up A Bureaucrat In The Time-management Business For God Or A Librarian Cataloguing Timeless Truths. Salvation Is Kicking In The Womb Of Creation Right Now, Any Time Now. Pay Attention.

Count Yourself Lucky, How Happy You Must Be - You Get A Fresh Start, Your Slate's Wiped Clean. Count Yourself Lucky - God Holds Nothing Against You And You're Holding Nothing Back From Him.