Change Takes Time

"Whatever hyperspace drive is selected, whether it’s Captain Kirk calling for “Warp speed!” or the Battlestar Galactica jumping from Cylons with the "Faster-Than-Light Drive," we do not have the luxury of microwaving our spiritual growth.

You’d think from reading some headlines today that such a thing actually exists:  Kick Old Habits Out To The Curb in 30 Days, Be The New You in a Week, or how about Achieve Your Dreams By Doing A, B, and C?

Maybe that is why God chose a time-honoring skill like carpentry as his earthly occupation.  God enjoys crafting something of value, working with His hands."

- An excerpt from Faith Isn't Sci-Fi: Changes Take Time, written by Bonnie on the blog Faith Barista

The Man In The Arena

“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”

- Theodore Roosevelt (Quoted in an article at Big Is The New Small)

Community: It's God-Designed

"The truth is, happiness does not come from being independent, isolated, living your life with all the barriers up and all the masks and keeping people at an arm’s distance. That’s not the way to be happy. Happiness comes from interdependence - from community."

- Kevin Martineau (A quote from: Why We Need Each Other at Shooting the Breeze)

Failure: Beginning Or End?

"Judas and Peter both failed miserably. The result of failure? Judas: Suicide. Peter: Leads a revival 50 days later of which we are still feeling the effects. Failure can either be the END or the BEGINNING--but it's entirely your choice."

- My Friend Fernando

Outside The Walls

"It's not about people populating programs but about God inhabiting every moment of our lives- most happen outside the walls of the church."

- Sarah from Living Between the Lines