When "Spiritual but Not Religious" Is Not Enough Quotes

“Church is a school for sinners, not a club of saints.”
― Lillian Daniel, When "Spiritual but Not Religious" Is Not Enough: Seeing God in Surprising Places, Even the Church

“Being privately spiritual but not religious just doesn't interest me. There is nothing challenging about having deep thoughts all by oneself. What is interesting is doing this work in community, where other people might call you on stuff or, heaven forbid, disagree with you. When life with God gets rich and provocative is when you dig deeply into a tradition that you did not invent all for yourself.”
― Lillian Daniel, When "Spiritual but Not Religious" Is Not Enough: Seeing God in Surprising Places, Even the Church

“There's never a perfect time to celebrate. But there is a limited time in life to celebrate.”
― Lillian Daniel, When "Spiritual but Not Religious" Is Not Enough: Seeing God in Surprising Places, Even the Church

“That kind of thinking, that reluctance to ask God for what we really want, is arrogance posing as humility. It seems humble to not ask God for our own desires, and to put other larger matters first. But doing that seems to imply that we have power in all this. As if by asking God to cure diabetes before asking for a raise, we might actually affect God's priorities.”
― Lillian Daniel, When "Spiritual but Not Religious" Is Not Enough: Seeing God in Surprising Places, Even the Church

“When you check out in fear, you may miss God's message.”
― Lillian Daniel, When "Spiritual but Not Religious" Is Not Enough: Seeing God in Surprising Places, Even the Church

“Whenever [Jesus] did good things in the world, whenever he was healing and teaching, the people accused him of doing magic tricks and working with the devil.

It's easy to be critical of other people's skills, but much harder to see the Holy Spirit at work in the gifts and talents of others. It's not easy to keep those demons of petty jealousy at bay.”
― Lillian Daniel, When "Spiritual but Not Religious" Is Not Enough: Seeing God in Surprising Places, Even the Church

“That kind of thinking, that reluctance to ask God for what we really want, is arrogance posing as humility. It seems humble to not ask God for our own desires, and to put other larger matters first. But doing that.srems to imply that we have power in all this. As if by asking God to cure diabetes before asking for a raise, we might actually affect God's priorities.”
― Lillian Daniel, When "Spiritual but Not Religious" Is Not Enough: Seeing God in Surprising Places, Even the Church