“As Brené Brown puts it, “I went to church thinking it would be like an epidural, that it would take the pain away . . . But church isn’t like an epidural; it’s like a midwife . . . I thought faith would say, ‘I’ll take away the pain and discomfort, but what it ended up saying was, ‘I’ll sit with you in it.”
― Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church
― Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church
“Every God demands sacrifice. What sacrifice does your God require?' 'Obedience.”
― Unveiled: Tamar
― Unveiled: Tamar
“I think you actually have to have all of your dreams come true to realize they are the wrong dreams.”
― Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
― Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
“Jesus did not come to strike a balance between grace and truth. He brought the full measure of both... It's easy to create an all-truth church model. It may be even easier to create an all-grace model, but Jesus didn't leave either option on the table.”
― Deep and Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend
― Deep and Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend
“You have a unique assignment here on this earth, and your pain, grief, and challenges might be the very things that open your heart to be able to live out that assignment. A seed doesn’t burst through the earth and decide to hop to another spot because it looks better, easier, or more comfortable in someone else’s garden. It grows right in the dirt where it has been planted.”
― Cultivate: A Grace-Filled Guide to Growing an Intentional Life
― Cultivate: A Grace-Filled Guide to Growing an Intentional Life
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