Quotes about Sharing

I am so grateful for my beautiful life. I am cherished and loved. And I share my love and joy with everyone.

Peace is the state where love abides and seeks to share itself.

No, the religion of Jesus is a social religion.

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.

Without the sharing of personal experience, prophetic preaching is impossible.

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.

Everyone shares the handicap of mortality. Our individual physical, emotional, and spiritual failures are but symptoms of this disease.

When we lift the cup of our life and share with one another our sufferings and joys in mutual vulnerability, the new covenant can become visible among us. The surprise of it all is that it is often the least among us who reveal to us that our cup is a cup of blessings.

Do not be afraid" (Matt. 28:10). It is as though God is saying to us, "I am the God of love, a God who invites you to receive the gifts of joy and peace and gratitude the poor have discovered, and to let go of your fears so that you can start sharing what you hoard.

But real openness to each other also means a real closedness, because only he who can hold a secret can safely share his knowledge. When we do not protect with great care our own inner mystery, we will never be able to form community. It is this inner mystery that attracts us to each other and allows us to establish friendship and develop lasting relationships of love.

As a Christian, I am called to become bread for the world: bread that is taken, blessed, broken and given.

Often we come home from a sharing session with a feeling that something precious has been taken away from us or that holy ground has been trodden upon.