Quotes about Openness

To fully appreciate the Bible, you have to let it be what it is.

You explore the possibilities because you can't steer a parked car.

Wherever you find truth, wherever you discover something new, affirm it, embrace it, enjoy it.

We're all endlessly figuring it out because Spirit keeps doing something new. We can fight this, resist this, dig in our heels, wish things were the way they used to be, or we can embrace it. We can choose to see it with fear and frustration, or we can see it as thrilling and invigorating. Organizations can keep trying to relive their glory days, wishing things were like they were when they started.

We spend so much time searching and longing for solid ground, only to discover it's better than that. There's Spirit. You try this, you try that. You throw yourself into it, and you hold it loosely. You give it everything you have as you acknowledge that this is what we're doing now, who knows what will come next?

He will always transcend whatever cages and labels are created to contain and name him, especially the one called "Christianity.

The measure of a sermon is not whether it affirms what you already believe. A sermon is not a product to be consumed and then evaluated according to how good it was or whether it was pleasing or enjoyable.

Giving jump starts our relationship with God. It opens our fists so we can receive what God has for us.

Don't build walls and shut people out of your life. To act as if another does not exist is a mean and cruel weapon

Honesty and vulnerability endear us to people; they don't endanger us in our relationship.

It is no longer a question of a Christian going about to convert others to the faith, but of each one being ready to listen to the other and so to grow together in mutual understanding.

God can, has and will use anybody who is open to serving Him to convey the gospel. He will bless the efforts of His servants whether they are gifted as evangelizers or not.