Quotes about Community

Kevin Gamble was one of the first NBA players from my city.

What you realize when you work in the philanthropic world is that people aren't just numbers: they are families with real needs and you need to make your judgments with kindness and thoughtfulness in order to serve those needs.

Jews have God's promise and if we Christians have it, too, then it is only as those chosen with them, as guests in their house, that we are new wood grafted onto their tree.

Jesus is the movement for social justice, and the movement for social justice is Jesus in the present.

In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians.

Theology is not a private subject for theologians only. Nor is it a private subject for professors. Fortunately, there have always been pastors who have understood more about theology than most professors. Nor is theology a private subject of study for pastors. Fortunately, there have repeatedly been congregation members, and often whole congregations, who have pursued theology energetically while their pastors were theological infants or barbarians. Theology is a matter for the Church.

A free theologian works in communication with other theologians...He waits for them and asks them to wait for him. Our sadly lacking yet indispensable theological co-operation depends directly or indirectly on whether or not we are wiling to wait for one another, perhaps lamenting, yet smiling with tears in our eyes.

spend much of their time and effort trying to bring people down to their level of misery rather than blessing others with joy and encouragement.

His solitary act was a radical statement of the importance of community. If we desire to be remade in God's image, we will be molded in such a way that we move toward others.

We are most happy when we are most focused on serving God together.

Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others.

The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.