Quotes about Authenticity

I want to let you in on a little secret: I don't always feel like I'm a success. That's right. There are plenty of times when I feel like I've just totally messed up and failed to connect with the people I'm trying to communicate with.

It's all about how you feel, not how you look

If you decide to just go with the flow, you'll end up where the flow goes, which is usually downhill, often leading to a big pile of sludge and a life of unhappiness. You'll end up doing what everyone else is doing.

Honesty is always the best policy, even when it's not the trend.

As was his language so was his life.

No one can wear a mask for very long.

Sometimes people call folks here at the Simple Way saints. Usually they either want to applaud our lives and live vicariously through us, or they want to write us off as superhuman and create a safe distance. One of my favorite quotes, written on my wall here in bold black marker, is from Dorothy Day: "Don't call us saints; we don't want to be dismissed that easily

It was a shame Christians had become so normal.

I felt so thirsty for God, so embarrassed by Christianity, and so ready for something more.

The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community [even if their intentions are ever so earnest], but the person who loves those around them will create community.

But if you ask the average person how Christians live, they are struck silent.

Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived. Ironically