A life well lived is the most exquisite work of art.
How in the world could you ever imagine a life of faith that does not require risk? Faith and risk are inseparable.
The shape of your character is the shape of your future.
Attitude is an accurate monitor of where we fall on the spectrum of pride and humility.
You are an artist. What work of art will you leave behind?
Is it possible that the creative act is simply the materialization of the future- making the invisible, visible?
We were created to be expressions of the goodness and wholeness of God.
I refused to let go of what I had.
Churches all over the country have decided they love their traditions more than their children.
The fuel of ambition is not the problem; it is the focus of ambition that frees or betrays us.
The Christian faith grew through story – not text. Only later did the stories become Scripture. While the Scripture must be held in the highest regard, we must not neglect the power of story.
People who are fully alive look out of their minds to those who simply exist.
When you begin to create the life of your dreams – or maybe better stated, when you begin to live the life that God dreams for you – you take responsibility to prepare for the future.
When we stop believing the world can become a better place, when we stop caring about the lives and conditions of others, we lose a part of ourselves.
Two thousand years ago, God started a revolt against the religion He started. So don’t ever put it past God to cause a groundswell movement against churches and Christian institutions that bear His name.
Great dreams require great courage.
We may not be able to accomplish everything we can dream, but we will not accomplish anything without our dreams.
My goal is to destroy Christianity.
We have to ask ourselves, ‘Am I really trying to discern God’s will, or determine whether I want to do it?’
If God imagined you at birth, what makes you think He’s stopped imagining you now.