"QUIT FRETTING, WORRYING, COUNTING THE MISERABLE PENNIES AND

EMPTY PEWS. THERE’S A BIG WORLD OUT THERE THAT NEEDS GOD’S LOVE.

GO. BLOOM IN THE IMAGE OF CHRIST.”

SHARON BLEZARD

“IF THERE IS A DISEASE IN PREACHING…

IT’S NOT THAT WHAT THE MINISTER SAYS IS WRONG.

IT’S THAT IT IS JUST TOO SMALL.”

REV. DR. FRED CRADDOCK

EVEN IN OUR WEAKNESS, MAYBE EVEN BECAUSE OF IT,

WE BECOME CREDIBLE WITNESSES OF SAVING NEWS

IN THIS FRANTIC, FEARFUL WORLD.”

SALLY BROWN; PRINCETON SEMINARY

Community Baptist Church Henderson Kentucky (KY)-Pastor Dr. Tim Hobbs (a Cooperative Baptist Fellowship affiliated church)

“OUR FAILURE DOES NOT NEGATE (CHRIST’S) VOCATION.”

BISHOP WILL WILLIMON; UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Knowledge and expertise are wonderful, God-given gifts. But don't allow them to get in the of God's surprises!

"One remedy for your own discouragement is to get busy doing God's work." Doug Bratt, Pastor

Being "blessed" by God is not equivalent to getting your/our way; it is being assigned to a vocation of blessing others, whether we like it or not

Human beings, left to our own devices, can do stupid and cruel things.

How - and why - does God work with that?

Radical hospitality is the name of the game for God’s people. The Church keeps the porch light on.