Quotes about Service

I encourage employers to permit their workers time off during the lunch hour to attend the noontime services to pray for our land.

Peacemaking is a full-time vocation that includes each member of God's people.

Solitude, community, and ministry are certainly not just for celibates! Celibates also have a hard time keeping up.

Each of us, whatever our talents, has service to give. And to do it well always involves learning, not once or for a limited time, but continually.

Pastors need to find their place in the community of believers by spending time with God.

None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.

Christian proclamation might make the gospel audible, but Christians living together in local congregations make the gospel visible (see John 13:34-35). The church is the gospel made visible.

A great soul serves everyone all the time. A great soul never dies. It brings us together again and again.

Self-justification and judging others go together, as justification by grace and serving others go together.

socialism is the doctrine that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that his life and his work do not belong to him, but belong to society, that the only justification of his existence is his service to society, and that society may dispose of him in any way it pleases for the sake of whatever it deems to be its own tribal, collective good.

It's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

I recalled a sermon by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., called "The Drum Major Instinct." In it, he talks about how, deep down, we all want to be first, celebrated for our greatness; we all want "to lead the parade." He goes on to point out that such selfish impulses can be reconciled by aligning that quest for greatness with more selfless aims. You can strive to be first in service, first in love.