Quotes about Identity

As I grew up, I learned what worked for me. That's where the short dresses came from. And you can't dance in a long dress.

I feel like I'm a character already, as in, like, I love dressing up.

When you truly empathize with someone, you have to take into account all the things that make that person who they are.

You alone are enough.

I love entertaining people! It's who I am.

A country is made not by policy alone, but by its music, its entertainment shows, all of it.

I am in fact a Hobbit, in all but size.

Our thoughts make us what we are.

I'm not an American, but I have this weird connection to America in different ways through my dad living here for five years, my godfather being an American who I'm very close to.

The kingdom of God cannot be co-opted. It cannot be subsumed by a political party and loses its soul if it seeks to identify with one.

But when we understand that we are called to be the church, not just go to church, it changes our identity. No longer do we go to a building where religious activities happen and that is "church." We now are the church all week long.

When we think of church primarily as a place or an event we go to, we minimize the theologically rich identity of the church as the people of God. And this identity — of being the church — is more than a passive statement about who we are; it's also a call to action. As representatives of Jesus, those called to communicate and live out his message and the message about him, we are on a mission.