Quotes about Life

There is no substitute for time. Giving time is giving life to others.

Encouraging words, fueled by the Word of God, carry life. They are like a cold drink of the finest water to a desperately thirsty soul. Even the smallest act of kindness can bring hope to a hurting heart.

It takes a long time to ruin a life. It all starts with the stories we live by.

Spiritual life is not a life of laws and precepts but a life of participation, affection and love, a life mingled and mixing with God.

Christ in me" means Christ bearing me along from within, Christ the motive power that carries me on, Christ giving my whole life a wonderful poise and lift, and turning every burden into wings... not as something you have to bear but as something by which you are borne.

Forgiveness as the response to the inevitability of failure. Suffering understood as part of life. Trust as the other side of anguish. A permanent thankfulness.

Discipleship is a commitment to the memory and presence of Jesus Christ that makes a difference in how a life is lived, driving thought and behavior week in and week out.

The way evolution has always worked, a "secular" process in which life's most sacred secret is embedded.

Everybody in this life has their challenges and difficulties. That is part of our mortal test... Peace comes through hope.

The vast majority of those who are unchurched are not actively seeking a church home. Further, they are divorced from seeing it as a need in their life, even when they are open to and interested in spiritual things.

The gospel of Jesus is not a rational concept to be explained in a theory of salvation, but a story about God's presence in Jesus' solidarity with the oppressed, which led to his death on the cross. What is redemptive is the faith that God snatches victory out of defeat, life out of death, and hope out of despair.

For [Martin Luther] King nonviolence was more than a strategy; it was the way of life defined by love for others—the only way to heal broken humanity.