Quotes about Expression

the normative church meeting is when every member of the church comes together to share his or her portion of Christ (1 Corinthians 14:26, Colossians 3:16, Hebrews 10:24-25). All are free to teach, preach, prophesy, pray, and lead a song.

Freedom of speech is of no use to a man who has nothing to say and freedom of worship is of no use to a man who has lost his God.

Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.

Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.

We are born makers. We move what we're learning from our heads to our hearts through our hands.

All that we have and are is one of the unique and never-to-be-repeated ways God has chosen to express himself in space and time.

Words, like anything else used too often, soon depreciate in value, lose their edge, and cease to bite into our lives. When phrases, such as unconditional love, trip too easily off the tongue, the speaker's ego may experience a temporary rush of exhilaration using an in salvation slogan, but his heart remains unchanged.

By prayer, community is created as well as expressed.

For me, God is the one who calls me the Beloved, and I have a desire to express to others how I try to become more fully who I already am.

what is most personal and unique in each one of us is probably the very element which would, if it were shared or expressed, speak most deeply to others.

If I could meet Rembrandt right where he had painted father and son, God and humanity, compassion and misery, in one circle of love, I would come to know as much as I ever would about death and life. I also sensed the hope that through Rembrandt's masterpiece I would one day be able to express what I most wanted to say about love.

When you let your wounded self express itself in the form of apologies, arguments, or complaints—through which it cannot be truly heard—you will only grow frustrated and increasingly feel rejected.