Sticky Faith Quotes

“Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff, professor of philosophical theology at Yale University, writes, “The state of shalom is the state of flourishing in all dimensions of one’s existence: in one’s relation to God, in one’s relation to one’s fellow human beings, in one’s relation to nature, and in one’s relation to oneself. Evidently justice has something to do with the fact that God’s love for each and every one of God’s human creatures takes the form of God desiring the shalom of each and every one.”1”
― Kara E. Powell, Sticky Faith: Everyday Ideas to Build Lasting Faith in Your Kids

“Kids experience Jesus Christ when adults in the church give them grace, time, and genuine love with no hidden agenda.”
― Kara E. Powell, Sticky Faith: Everyday Ideas to Build Lasting Faith in Your Kids

“In reality, Jesus’ vision for intergenerational relationships was anything but cute. It was and is both radical and revolutionary.”
― Kara E. Powell, Sticky Faith: Everyday Ideas to Build Lasting Faith in Your Kids

“How you express and live out your faith may have a greater impact on your son or daughter than anything else.”
― Kara E. Powell, Sticky Faith: Everyday Ideas to Build Lasting Faith in Your Kids

“Here’s another alarming statistic: only 20 percent of college students who leave the faith planned to do so during high school. The remaining 80 percent intended to stick with their faith but didn’t.4”
― Kara E. Powell, Sticky Faith: Everyday Ideas to Build Lasting Faith in Your Kids

“Every single emergency room in every single hospital adjoining or near a college campus stocks extra supplies on Thursday nights — rape kits for the sexual assault victims, IV fluids for those who are dehydrated from alcohol-induced vomiting, and blood for drunk driving accidents.”11”
― Kara E. Powell, Sticky Faith: Everyday Ideas to Build Lasting Faith in Your Kids

“¿Qué dirían tus amigos que les gusta de ti? ¿Qué desearías que fuera distinto en nuestra familia? ¿Crees que nuestra familia está demasiado ocupada, no lo suficiente o en la justa medida? ¿Cómo te imaginas el mejor día de tu vida? ¿Qué te gusta de tu maestro en estos días? ¿Qué te gustaría que fuera distinto?”
― Kara Powell, Cómo criar jóvenes de fe sólida: Ideas diarias para edificar sobre convicciones firmes

“And that segregation is causing kids to shelve their faith.”
― Kara Powell, Sticky Faith: Everyday Ideas to Build Lasting Faith in Your Kids