John

“Next time you meet someone, try asking, “How are you making the world a better place?” rather than the normal, “What do you do?”
― Dan Miller, 48 Days to the Work You Love: Preparing for the New Normal

“Sanctified ignorance, the belief that if we love God and commit our lives to Him everything will just work out, is an immature theology. If you get up each morning with a clean slate, being open to whatever may happen that day, you will live a life of mediocrity. It is not the path of accomplishment, of excellence, of maximizing our impact and witness. The path of least resistance—just going where it seems easiest to go—creates very crooked streams and very frustrated people. The truly godly life is one of focused purpose, having, like the apostle Paul, defined the goal and created a plan for its accomplishment.”
― Dan Miller, 48 Days to the Work You Love: Preparing for the New Normal

“Every once in a great while, the hand of God is easy to see, and for a brief moment, fairy tales and history are the same thing. This story is about one of those times.”
― Eric Metaxas, Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving

“The secret to creating a career that is both nurturing to the soul and the pocketbook is, as theologian Frederick Buechner said, to find where “your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”1 There you will find a job, a career, a business, and a life worth living. We cannot talk ourselves into doing something we do not inherently enjoy, no matter how spiritual that something may appear to those around us.”
― Dan Miller, 48 Days to the Work You Love: Preparing for the New Normal