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“In fact, I’ve met countless believers who have said, “The church is an organism, not an organization.” Yet as they formed those very words, they continued to be devout members of churches that were organized along the lines of General Motors and Microsoft.”
― Frank Viola, Reimagining Church: Pursuing the Dream of Organic Christianity

“What history teaches us is that men have never learned anything from it.” —G. W. F. Hegel, nineteenth-century German philosopher”
― Frank Viola, Pagan Christianity?: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices

“Organic church life, however, is a wedding of glory and gore.”
― Frank Viola, Reimagining Church: Pursuing the Dream of Organic Christianity

“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.”
― Wendy Backlund, Victorious Emotions: Creating a Framework for a Happier You