"The church is in the hope business."

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John Ortberg

“The secret to missionary work is work. Work, work, work!”
“I don't think men try to make women be like them, but I think women try to make men be like them, a lot.”
“Poverty is not just a material problem. Poverty is something wider: it is about powerlessness, about being deprived of basic opportunities and freedom of choice.”

Source : Johan Norberg (2005). “In Defence of Global Capitalism”, p.39, Academic Foundation
“I was always an album guy, not a greatest hits kind of guy, not so much a radio guy. I'm not saying one is better than the other but... It was like reading a novel but shorter than that. You go into a world for an hour and you absorb yourself into it rather than just passively listening and flipping through this and that.”
“My mother is the source of my unease in the world and thus the only person who can make me feel at home in the world.”
“[Richard Drew] always encouraged his people to pursue ideas... He said, "If it's a dumb idea, you'll find out. You'll smack into that brick wall, then you'll stagger back and see another opportunity that you wouldn't have seen otherwise."”
“If everyone practiced cherishing others, many of the major problems of the world would be solved in a few years.”
“The places where water comes together with other water. Those places stand out in my mind like holy places.”

Source : Raymond Carver (2015). “Where Water Comes Together with Other Water: Poems”, p.26, Vintage

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