Quotes About Community

We need to take time to connect with the poor, resist our unceasing cravings, and pray. But we also need to gather with friends and family, share in God's good provision, eat delicious food, tell stories that encourage us all, and celebrate the risen Lord.

I pray, I dream that we become a people who are known not because we have a huge steeple or beautiful stained glass or interesting buildings but because we are so hospitable, so celebratory, that we are constantly inviting others in and sharing Jesus.

We need to follow the example set for us by the people of God in Acts, who shared all that they had--a striking portrait of the church getting on her feet and discovering her unique identity. One of the church's shining features was her focus on sharing with anyone who had a need. It was as if Jesus had told them, 'I will provide everything that you need; the only obstacle is that some of you will have too much and others will not have enough. I'm counting on you to sort it out.

Establish rituals. Develop your own unique rituals. In my home, we collect all of the photos friends send to us as Christmas cards in a special prayer box, and every night we take out one photo and pray for that family.

In a world filled with greed and fear, good food connects us to the earth and our Creator.

Isn't it interesting that in Acts 11, at the end of verse 26, it says, "The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch." What I find interesting is the simple thought that the Christians didn't name themselves. But rather, they were called (or named) "Christians" by those watching their lives. I wonder if it would be the same today. Could someone look at your life or look at my life and name me a Christian? A humbling thought for sure.

Every city began as a campsite

P]eople, who seek the companionship of like minds and bodies, cannot simply be thrown together and expect to thrive.

I was still trying to be the toughest guy in Temple Hills, like that meant something.

At least on the Ketty Jay he was surrounded by people who asked no questions, people untrained in the aristocratic arts of vicious wit and backstabbing. He rather liked that about them, actually.

I have no sense of patriotism, but I do have a sense of community.

Se fossimo formiche: l'intero popolo cieco si precipita nei fossati, annega, forma i ponti per i pochi sopravvissuti che sono il seme del nuovo popolo. Simili a formiche andiamo dentro ogni fuoco. Ogni acqua. Ogni fiume di sangue. Solo per non dover vedere. Che cosa? Noi.

Sie sagt, nach ihrer Beobachtung gehöre zum Leben der Frauen mehr Mut als zu dem der Männer. Wenn sie von einer Frau höre, die diesen Mut aufbringe, verlange es sie danach, mit ihr bekannt zu sein. Es sei nämlich dahin gekommen, daß die Frauen, auch über Entfernungen hinweg, einander stützen müßten, da die Männer nicht mehr dazu imstande seien.

Gift giving is part of the culture no matter where you are and no matter how long you stay.

Writing is the only art form where a good number of the artists make a slice of their living criticizing one another in print, in public.

His propitiating work is meant to gather people from the "whole world." "I have other sheep that are not of this fold!" (John 10:16)—all over the world.

Par cette fable, Schopenhauer explique que le besoin de société pousse les hommes les uns vers les autres mais que leur caractère repoussant et leurs insupportables défauts les dispersent de nouveau, jusqu'à ce qu'ils trouvent enfin la bonne distance moyenne.

Internationalism is a community theory of society which is founded on economic, spiritual, and biological facts. It maintains that respect for a healthy development of human society and of world civilization requires that mankind be organized internationally.

All species capable of grasping this fact manage better in the struggle for existence than those which rely upon their own strength alone: the wolf, which hunts in a pack, has a greater chance of survival than the lion, which hunts alone.

Home is not where you live, but where they understand you...

940Home is not where you live but where they understand you.

Humans are religious because they hope for superhuman powers to help them realize human goods and avoid bads, especially to grant them blessings, prevent misfortunes, and aid them in crises; and because they wish to enjoy the various forms of identity, community, meaning, expression, aesthetics, ecstasy, control, and legitimacy that practicing religions offer.

Southern towns had simply not welcomed the iron road with the same warm embrace as their northern counterparts.

Thankfully, I have my mom and a small group of close friends who are there for me 24/7 and whom I can trust and depend on.