Quotes About Community

For pantheists, evolution is a universal force that works even on nonliving things. From the very first instant of our universe, every individual thing has existed in the midst of other things, and has had to adapt to the community of beings in which it finds itself. Evolution is at work even in the realms of mind and of society. Ideas, scientific theories, technologies and products are tested against each other and the most effective survive.

The pantheist "God" is the community of all beings. It is not a He, or a She, or an It. It is a "We," and a we in the broadest and most inclusive sense, embracing everything from rocks and algae, through butterflies and humans, to suns and planets.

Just because you have a church building doesn't necessarily mean Jesus is with you. He is not welcome in many churches today.

quem dividisse o que houvesse para comer teria de ficar com a parte mais pequena, reveladora de um compreensão da natureza humana que, se tivesse sido aplicada a muitas outras coisas mais importantes, teria transformado a história do mundo.

Human beings are built for connection — it's wired into the depths of our being, It's also complicated and multi-dimensional. This is why we're the healthiest and happiest when we're connected to a group of people rather then depending on a single person for all of our emotional and physical needs

The most attractive people are those who make others feel attractive. Attractiveness requires an other focus rather than a self-obsession.

The most significant and destructive characteristic of addictions is that they occur in isolation

We are emotionally and physically healthier when we are meaningfully engaged with other people. This means engaged with others in compassionate and altruistic ways.

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Writing is more fun when you have a partner, so find friends who share your research interests. Two authors can write faster, can complement expertise, can help with hard decisions, and understand context of decisions made.

You know you're an Arizona native when you have to look up "mass transit" in the dictionary.

Places ain't home. People is. Bricks and chairs is nothing.

He is a Christian, and believes charity begins at home. And often it remains there.

Afternoon tea needn't stand on ceremony. Anything that becomes more important than sweet fellowship, whether lace or linen or the china itself, is pretense. How much more we enjoy life when the pretenses are discarded!

Ubi mel ibi apes.

I don't want to be superior to anyone for being afraid. We already have a culture built on that.

we must engage people relationally, heart to heart and life on life. I don't think anyone is truly won to Christ by beating them in an argument or arousing their curiosity and giving them a free meal. You have to win their heart. Winning the heart requires life-on-life sharing in view of Jesus, who became incarnate and gave his life for us.

Certainly rigorous, thoughtful answers have their place, as do meaningful attempts at contextualizing the truth in winsome, striking ways. But no matter how good the argument or how contextual, winsome, and striking the message, nothing replaces sacrificial love for others; this is how trust is built. The community of faith must become the apologetic for the faith: a holistic rationale for faith in Christ involving interpersonal and life-on-life encounters.

I sang in the choir for years, even though my family belonged to another church.

a true Hawaiian doesn't eat until he is full, he eats until he is tired.

The people of Canada have worked hard to build a country that opens its doors to include all, regardless of their differences a country that respects all, regardless of their differences a country that demands equality for all, regardless of their differences.

Now, here's a more intriguing game: imagine if Amazon, Toyota or Boeing tried to create Wikipedia. Without

You see, my mother was a district nurse until she died when I was 14, and we used to move from time to time because of her work.

Think globally, act locally.