Quotes about Connection
Novelist Reynolds Price said there is one sentence all humankind craves to hear: "The Maker of all things loves and wants me.
— Philip Yancey
God's arms are always extended; we are the ones who turn away.
— Philip Yancey
It is difficult, if not impossible, to communicate the message of grace from the corridors of power.
— Philip Yancey
simple availability is the most powerful force we can contribute to help calm the fears of others. Instinctively, I shrink back from people who are in pain.
— Philip Yancey
Apart from the requirement that we be authentic before God, there is no prescribed way to pray. Each of us presents a unique mix of personality, outlook, training, gifts, and weaknesses, as well as a unique history with church and with God. As Roberta Bondi says, "If you are praying, you are already 'doing it right.
— Philip Yancey
When I pray, coincidences happen," said Archbishop William Temple; "when I don't, they don't.
— Philip Yancey
We cannot make Him visible to us, but we can make ourselves visible to Him," said Abraham Joshua Heschel
— Philip Yancey
Nothing else — no learned "how-to" program, no expensive gift — is worth more to the sufferer than the comfortable assurance of your physical presence.
— Philip Yancey
It occurs to me, in fact, that laughter has much in common with prayer. In both acts, we stand on equal ground, freely acknowledging ourselves as fallen creatures. We take ourselves less seriously. We think of our creatureliness. Work divides and ranks; laughter and prayer unite. Finding God in Unexpected Places(245
— Philip Yancey
I remind myself that prayer means keeping company with God who is already present.
— Philip Yancey
The message of this book has the power to reform the church, one relationship at a time.
— Philip Yancey
According to Gallup polls, more Americans will pray this week than will exercise, drive a car, have sex, or go to work. Nine in ten of us pray regularly, and three out of four claim to pray every day. To
— Philip Yancey