Quotes About Community

If the church is what it should be, young people will be there. But they will not just 'be there'—they will be there with the blowing of horns and the clashing of high-sounding cymbals, and they will come dancing with flowers in their hair.

She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong." But she is not using her strengths and abilities to compete with her husband. She is not driven by an identity crisis or treating her marriage as a matter of sexual politics. She is too mature for that. She is giving herself away to her husband, her family, and her community with wholehearted selflessness. A woman of this quality is rare: "An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.

Solamente la poderosa presencia del Señor resucitado puede hacer que una iglesia esté centrada en el evangelio.

Gospel doctrine – gospel culture = hypocrisy Gospel culture – gospel doctrine = fragility Gospel doctrine + gospel culture = power

It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.

There isnt much better in this life than finding a way to spend a few hours in conversation with people you respect and love. You have to carve this time out of your life because you arent really living without it.

Make sure you're always giving, way more than you're taking

What I was learning in the church was in sharp contrast to the theology of self-sacrificing love I wrestled with. It wasn't the willingness to bear pain, or carry the burdens of others that transformed life in the places where life had been harmed by violence. It was strong relationships among human beings who offered their presence to one another.

Luckily, I have some amazing friends.

Broken locks and bruised knees and borrowed lipgloss and rain on the streets

I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.

What makes Butler truly unique is the people that we have been so blessed to work with.

I think New York is the greatest sports town there is, and I feel like we're a part of the buzz.

I am elected by the people of Bucharest, not the dogs.

I think as a kid, you just want to be accepted by the people around you and largely I was.

When people ask where I'm from, I tell them Washington, because that's where I feel the most comforted by the people.

I feel like there's no one kind of person who comes to my shows. Sometimes I've been surprised by the people who will stop me on the street to tell me that they're into my music.

People don't use Airbnb overtly to trust people more. They use it because they want to get a better sense of the culture and to save money. A by-product was that they live in someone else's shoes.

I'll never say good bye to TV. I belong there.

With the BJP cadre around with me, things have become much easier.

I love watching other women when I'm sitting at a cafe.

I never really felt like I belonged in California.

I spend a lot of time in California, but New York is still my main home. I go to see a lot of theater.

More than any other place, New York is where I felt I belonged. I prefer the Lower East Side to any place on the planet. I can be who I am there, and I couldn't do that anywhere I lived as a child. I never fit in when I lived in California, even though that's where my roots are.