Quotes about Connection
As enjoyable as it could be to spend a couple of hours on Sunday morning with people who were at their best, it was also possible to see the strain in some of the smiles, the effort it took to present the most positive, most faithful version of the self.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
On day three, I decided that a power outage would make a great spiritual practice.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
When you live in God, your day begins when you lose yourself long enough for God to find you, and when God finds you, to lose yourself
— Barbara Brown Taylor
We wanted More. We wanted a deeper sense of purpose. We wanted a stronger sense of God's presence.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
Come tell us what is saving your life now.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
Prayer, according to Brother David, is waking up to the presence of God no matter where I am or what I am doing. When I am fully alert to whatever or whoever is right in front of me; when I am electrically aware of the tremendous gift of being alive; when I am able to give myself wholly to the moment I am in, then I am in prayer. Prayer is happening, and it is not necessarily something that I am doing. God is happening, and I am lucky enough to know that I am in The Midst.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
Maybe someone should start an Opaque Church, where we could learn to give up one kind of vision in hope of another. Instead of wearing name tags, we would touch each other's faces. Instead of looking around to see who's there, we could learn to listen for each other's voices.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
To be in your children's memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today.
— Barbara Johnson
To be in your children's memories tomorrow, You have to be in their lives today.
— Barbara Johnson
A mother's body remembers her babies-the folds of soft flesh, the softly furred scalp against her nose. Each child has it's own entreaties to body and soul.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish.
— Barbara Smith
What we realize is number one, people want to know what the Bible says. In their heart, they want to know the Bible but it is just hard to understand the big picture of it. And number two, they want to know where they plug in.
— Max Lucado