Quotes from Ron Brackin

Nothing conquers the chaos around me like the calm assurance that I am at peace with God.

When God asks a question, it is always rhetorical.

We can read a good spiritual book in search of information or in search of God. We will find only what we're looking for.

Art--music, painting, sculpture, dance, drama--opens doors to our soul, exposing our lives to whom or what we allow to enter.

Homeowners' Association: the means whereby people who own homes are able to transfer their rights to the neighborhood control freaks.

America is a post-Christian nation only in the sense that we have built a tenement on the foundation of a palace.

We praise God, not because he needs our praise (for all glory resides in and on him), but in order to see him more clearly, enlarge our soul, and relieve our spirit.

In the world, success is measured in terms of legacy, what we leave behind. In God's kingdom, success is measured by what we send on ahead.

The nature of a true seeker after beauty is to overlook flaws.

Complete honesty is not the same thing as full disclosure.

If it is true, as God says, that we are as we think, we risk becoming what we most fear if our fear is stronger than our love.

Who but the Christian, among the religions of the world and throughout time, worships a God who loves him so much that he died an agonizing and wretched death to pay for his sins?

Judging art is like caging a bird. Instead of seeing it soar, you can only watch it flutter.

The artist is the only one qualified to criticize his art, because only the artist knows what he was trying to express and how satisfied he is with the attempt.

It is not sufficient for artistic expressions to serve as "signposts declaring what it is to be fully human." They should impart a vision of what it can be to become divine.

Faith is such a wonderful thing. Without it, we would be panicky when we feel like we're standing alone and when the things we need and yearn for seem to be beyond our reach.

Confusion and doubt are an important part of faith.

Do what you will, but never out of fear.