Quotes about Encounter

The deep and abiding significance of Saul's encounter is that he hears Jesus speak as if there's a moral equivalence between Jesus and the people Saul is persecuting.

God comes to you disguised as your life," as my friend Paula D'Arcy so wisely says.

You see, authentic God experience always "burns" you, yet does not destroy you (Exodus 3:2—3), just as the burning bush did to Moses.

We need to encounter the hero within and let him lead us on the adventure of our lives.

Marcus J. Borg, Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time

True worship is not trying to see The Lord, but it comes from seeing Him.

Prayer is a place where God and humans meet.

Prayer is continuing a conversation that God has started through his Word and his grace, which eventually becomes a full encounter with him.

Your life is a journey of learning to love yourself first and then extending that love to others in every encounter.

Suddenly he stopped in front of me and asked for a cigarette. I had a package of Players in my pocket and wanted to give them to him. But he refused to take the whole package, saying quite calmly that obviously he didn't have time to smoke them all.

There are people I've yet to meet who are waiting for my path to intersect with theirs, so they can complete their own journeys. I don't know who or where they are, but I know for certain that they are waiting.

God doesn't wait for us to get ourselves polished, shined, proper, and without blemish—God comes to us and meets us and blesses us while we are still in the middle of the mess we created.