Community Is Messy Quotes

“Failures processed well lead to a better experiment the next time.”
― Heather Zempel, Community Is Messy: The Perils and Promise of Small Group Ministry

“We should be in the business of serving God’s purposes and not our own.”
― Heather Zempel, Community Is Messy: The Perils and Promise of Small Group Ministry

“The kingdom of God has been built on a series of daring and divine experiments.”
― Heather Zempel, Community Is Messy: The Perils and Promise of Small Group Ministry

“Your job as a leader is to create an environment in which people can best see, respond to and engage in the work of the Holy Spirit.”
― Heather Zempel, Community Is Messy: The Perils and Promise of Small Group Ministry

“When the body of Christ lives as it should, the whole group suffers when one member suffers.”
― Heather Zempel, Community Is Messy: The Perils and Promise of Small Group Ministry

“walking through relational mess forces us to grow in our obedience of the “one another” commands. There are about fifty of these in Scripture, and they can’t be obeyed outside the context of community—love one another, serve one another, honor one another, forgive one another, encourage one another, confess to one another. These commands move us past small talk and illusions of friendship to the messiness of biblical community.”
― Heather Zempel, Community Is Messy: The Perils and Promise of Small Group Ministry

“Mess means that change is happening, is right around the corner or will happen if we engage it correctly.”
― Heather Zempel, Community Is Messy: The Perils and Promise of Small Group Ministry

“While the Egyptians were plagued with lice and locusts, the Hebrews were plagued with attention deficit disorder.”
― Heather Zempel, Community Is Messy: The Perils and Promise of Small Group Ministry