Quotes About Engagement

Youth in our Sunday school class can repeat almost verbatim some obscure parable we dramatized last year, and yet they forget the core doctrinal statement we taught last week. Why is this? Why does story stick with us for so long?

When was the last time you heard a long passage from a novel read aloud during Sunday school or worship? Or how about the last time a youth pastor subverted his or her "talk" through satire or parable rather than proof texting the six main points? Yet

Ministry with young people—in fact, ministry with anybody—intrinsically relies on imagination to vividly and compellingly invite others into God's presence.

if we consider the various ways the imagination is engaged throughout scripture—through dreams, visions, metaphor, poetry, prophecy, parable (not to mention the very act of reading)—every page begins to light up with evidence of the imagination's role in divine-human doings.

Once the curtain is raised, the actor ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public.

Yes, I have met with unsympathetic audiences in my time, but I don't know that an unsympathetic audience has much effect on me. I am not sure that I don't rather enjoy it for a change, for it is then a battle between me and them, and I always win.

Sheridan might of been Satan himself, still I could not take my eyes off of the man. When I separated him from his mount, though, I found I was looking at a squatty little fellow with black hair so short it looked painted on, a long body, strong, broad chest, short legs, not enough neck to hang him with, and arms so long that if his ankles itched he could scratch them without stooping. He

Experts say you can't concentrate on more than one task at a time.

You can do only one thing at a time. I simply tackle one problem and concentrate all efforts on what I am doing at the moment.

Ask others about themselves, at the same time, be on guard not to talk too much about yourself.

If something is going on, I hear about it. I like to talk to people, I socialise. Television is a waste of time. Human contact is what matters.

Robot Wars is not a sport. Guys just play with remote controls. Now, if they were wired up and got an electrical shock each time their robot got hammered, then, yes, it would be a sport.

We're living at a time when attention is the new currency.

There's tons of junk food for your mind on the Internet. You can sit there for three or 10 or 20 hours a day getting in online arguments with other people who also choose to waste their time.

Crowdfunding as an idea itself isn't new - bands have been doing it since the dawn of time.

If you're not looking forward to church this morning perhaps it's time to look for a church.

Through the most simple things which we do all the time, we can feel out to which degree we honor everything with our inner attention.

Instead of convincing people who are opposed to your message, spend your time finding people who are already predisposed to it.

Try to do your best to look people in the eye and talk to them without a gadget being in between you all the time.

It's time we stopped ignoring the environment. Let's not let another election go by without making this a high priority.

Challenging schools to treat their students as customers with a choice, instead of inmates serving time.

Take less time to read the scorecard and more time to read the hole.

I think it gets boring (for the audience) for the lead singer to have a guitar hanging on them all the time

The one thing I don't understand is when people make comments who are clearly not fans of mine. I think, why are you here? Why are you wasting your time? It's fascinating.