Quote of the Day 3/24/14

When you come against the real message of the Gospel, you always find two things that are shocking: it demands more than you thought and it offers more to you than you ever dreamed.  [Tim Keller]

Quote of the Day 2/9/14

“It is always the simple things that change our lives. And these things never happen when you are looking for them to happen. Life will reveal answers at the pace life wishes to do so. You feel like running, but life is on a stroll. This is how God does things.”   [Donald Miller]

Quote of the Day 2/4/14

"Be present in the hard moments. The lonely moments, the phone calls, the hospital visits, the vigilant prayers for friends in need, the bad dreams, the funerals, the breakups, the airport goodbyes, the job losses, the regretting, the painfully awkward moments, the failures. The sad tears. 

Be present in the wonderful moments. The sunrises, the engagements and weddings, the babies, the concerts, the stargazing, the laughing, the long hugs, the airport hellos, the kisses, the art, the breakfasts with friends, the midnight snacks, the notes from pen-pals, the best friend sleepovers, the road trips. The God moments. The joy. The happy tears. 

Be present in all of that, and the in-between too. The taxes and emails and grocery shopping and checkbook-balancing. 

Be present in all of it."  [Author Unknown]

Quote of the Day 2/3/14

 “True friendship is a sacred, important thing, and it happens when we drop down into that deeper level of who we are, when we cross over into the broken, fragile parts of ourselves. We have to give something up in order to get friendship like that. We have to give up our need to be perceived as perfect. We have to give up our ability to control what people think of us. We have to overcome the fear that when they see the depths of who we are, they’ll leave. But what we give up is nothing in comparison to what this kind of friendship gives us. Friendship is about risk. Love is about risk. If we can control it and manage it and manufacture it, then it’s something else, but if it’s really love, really friendship, it’s a little scary around the edges.”  [Shauna Niequist]

Quote of the Day 1/30/14

Be careful of the things you read, the conversations you listen to. The content we consume becomes the content we create." [Jeff Goins]

Quote of the Day 1/27/14

"This year, mend a quarrel. Seek out a forgotten friend. Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust. Write a letter. Give a soft answer. Encourage youth. Keep a promise. Forgo a grudge. Forgive an enemy. Apologize. Try to understand. Examine your demands on others. Think first of someone else. Be kind. Be gentle. Laugh a little more. Express your gratitude. Welcome a stranger. Gladden the heart of a child. Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth. Speak your love and then speak it again." [Howard W. Hunter]

Quote of the Day 1/26/14

"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety. Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in. Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day;begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays."  [Ralph Waldo Emerson]

Quote of the Day 1/23/14

"Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change."  [Bob Kerrey]

Quote of the Day 1/22/14

“Life sneaks up on us every once in a while and gives us something we didn't ever know we wanted, and lights within us a love we didn't even know existed.”    [Shauna Niequist]

Quote of the Day 1/21/14

“Today is your big moment. Moments, really. The life you’ve been waiting for is happening all around you. The scene unfolding right outside your window is worth more than the most beautiful painting, and the crackers and peanut butter that you’re having for lunch on the coffee table are as profound, in their own way, as the Last Supper. This is it. This is life in all its glory, swirling and unfolding around us, disguised as pedantic, pedestrian non-events. But pull of the mask and you will find your life, waiting to be made, chosen, woven, crafted. Your life, right now, today, is exploding with energy and power and detail and dimension, better than the best movie you have ever seen. You and your family and your friends and your house and your dinner table and your garage have all the makings of a life of epic proportions, a story for the ages. Because they all are. Every life is. You have stories worth telling, memories worth remembering, dreams worth working toward, a body worth feeding, a soul worth tending, and beyond that, the God of the universe dwells within you, the true culmination of super and natural. You are more than dust and bones. You are spirit and power and image of God. And you have been given Today.” [Shauna Niequist - Cold Tangerines: Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life]