When We Stand Quotes

“A very real sense of social isolation accompanies, poverty.”
― Terence Lester, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together

“A lack of financial means decreases opportunity for social connectedness, causing another kind of poverty: social poverty”
― Terence Lester, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together

“We rarely have everything figured out when God asks us to embark on a task.”
― Terence Lester, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together

“The empowerment, the affirmation of the dignity of all people, is that which makes true community. it is that which helps make every member flourish.”
― Terence Lester, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together

“We need to be willing to serve not just in the traditional sense of volunteering or activism but also in the sense of inviting people in a community by offering real companionship”
― Terence Lester, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together

“We need to reach out to those who are routinely forgotten..”
― Terence Lester, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together

“There is a growing body of evidence to support the notion that human beings are hardwired to desire and indeed, need connection”
― Terence Lester, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together

“As people who seek to be servants, we cannot build communities for ourselves that dont include those who look different from us, have a different level of health than we do or make a different amount of money than we do.”
― Terence Lester, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together

“The person that is able to relate most to someone who is suffering is someone who has also suffered.”
― Terence Lester, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together

“God uses imperfect people to create hope in the world every single day.”
― Terence Lester, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together

“Your imperfections qualify you even more if you are open enough to embrace them.”
― Terence Lester, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together

“The more proximate you get to other people, the more you find out what is truly in your heart.”
― Terence Lester, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together

“Sometimes we cannot move forward until we have gone back until we open up to talk about what we've been through in the past”
― Terence Lester, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together

“I believe that you cant fully understand a person and their struggles until you are proximate.”
― Terence Lester, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together

“Moving out of busyness and beginning to make the necessary adjustments to your schedule will enable you to move toward a life of freedom and fulfillment within the community.”
― Terence Lester, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together

“Busyness,when we place great value on it, is also dangerous.”
― Terence Lester, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together

“rest, intentionality and community are sacrificed at the altar of the american dream.”
― Terence Lester, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together

“Busyness is a thief.”
― Terence Lester, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together

“A lack of any spare energy is the primary reason why so many people are totally unavailable to pursue and even are unaware of their God given potential.”
― Terence Lester, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together

“Before we can really jump into meaningful work out in the world, we have to endeavor to do some hard work inside.”
― Terence Lester, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together

“Making the decision to step away from a whirlwind of motion leaves us in a stillness that can be extremely uncomfortable.”
― Terence Lester, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together

“We've got to reorient our lives and churches and look at some of the ways we have turned to busyness to try and schedule a sense of fulfillment, of being filled up.”
― Terence Lester, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together