Quotes about Connection

One of the main tasks of theology is to find words that do not divide but unite, that do not create conflict but unity, that do not hurt but heal.

Love has been defined, analyzed, explained and excused. It has been the cause of wars, feuds, heroism, martyrdom, inordinate passion, and beautiful friendships. It pulls two people of opposite temperaments together into a married state and permits them to live happily. It makes friends understand each other without the necessity of words.

The road to the sacred leads through the secular.

Throughout my ministry, I have sought to build bridges between Jews and Christians.

I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world, but every time there's a snowstorm or drought, we know our fate is tied to the world around us.

For me, trying to connect our team together is so important. I know we'll play really well when our team gets really tight. So I want to make sure I connect with the players so that I can help them be at their best.

We have been endowed with spiritual senses so that we can feel and enjoy God's presence.

A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.

Make yourself familiar with the angels, and behold them frequently in spirit for without being seen, they are present with you.

the Old Testament must always be read in light of the New. I never read such Old Testament texts without immediately asking, "Does the New Testament shed additional light on how I am to understand the nature of such promises and their recipients?

Tears and laughter, they are so much Gaelic to me.

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.