Quotes about Engagement

every monologue sooner or later becomes a discussion.

It had been an article of my creed. The human condition being what it was, let them fight, let them love, let them murder, I would not be involved. My fellow journalists called themselves correspondents; I preferred the title of reporter. I wrote what I saw. I took no action—even an opinion is a kind of action.

Far too often, unbelievers know Christians only for what we stand against, not what we stand for.

Jesus never allowed himself to be defined by the political conflicts of his day, and neither should we.

I think Instagram made me more aware that there's actually people that care about what we do, and that we have fans. So that kind of showed me that maybe the people that follow me every day, and are commenting on my pictures, would want to wear the dress I've worn.

We Christians should be aware that there's something at stake in cultural participation that we wouldn't have been concerned about if all we did was worry about the messages in culture.

Knowledge without application eventually becomes boring and unfulfilling

Is this what you're trying to tell me?" "Is this the point you're making to me today?" "Is this what you want me to get from this conversation?" "Is this what you want me to do after we're done talking?" "Is this how I need to respond?" "Is there anything else I need to know about this?

My parents were both very intellectually honest, straightforward, and for them, faith meant that you were fully engaged.

If I had it to do again, I'd ask more questions and interrupt fewer answers.

The easiest way to meet people is to just look like someone who is willing to listen.

A blogger is constantly looking over his shoulder, for fear that he is not being followed.