"If churches saw their mission in the same way, there is no telling what might happen. What if people were invited to come tell what they already know of God instead of to learn what they are supposed to believe? What if they were blessed for what they are doing in the world instead of chastened for not doing more at church? What if church felt more like a way station than a destination? What if the churchâ€™s job were to move people out the door instead of trying to keep them in, by convincing them that God needed them more in the world than in the church?"

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Source : Barbara Brown Taylor (2011). “Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith”, p.222, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

Barbara Brown Taylor

#Jobs Quotes #Moving Quotes #Blessed Quotes

“I entertain no doubts as to the truths of the tranfinites, which I recognized with God's help and which, in their diversity, I have studied for more than twenty years; every year, and almost every day brings me further in this science.”

Source : "Modern Mathematicians". Book by Harry Henderson, 1995.
“You can make great meals without meat that are, of course, much more healthy for the same price, but it takes a process of reeducation, just because Americans aren't familiar with how to cook vegetables anymore.”
“God can never make us wine if we object to the fingers He uses to crush us with.”
“Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was.”
“I think I want the best for my country. I can make work that makes us examine some truths about ourselves - that would be more of a contribution. That's how I see it.”
“Don't let your feelings be a God to you.”
“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.”
“Don't get me wrong - I love London, and still have an apartment there.”

Source : "Rebecca Loos says being a new mum is better than having affairs with footballers" by Jody Thompson, www.mirror.co.uk. February 23, 2010.

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