Praying Puts Us At Risk Of Getting

Prayer Is The Disciplined Refusal To Act Before God Acts.

Jesus Almost Never Talked In Terms Of Explaining. He Was Always Using Enigmatic Stories And Difficult Metaphors. He Was Always Pulling People Into Some Kind Of Participation.

The Word 'christian' Means Different Things To Different People. To One Person It Means A Stiff, Upright, Inflexible Way Of Life, Colorless And Unbending. To Another It Means A Risky, Surprised-filled Adventure, Lived Tiptoe At The Edge Of Expectation...if We Get Our Information From The Biblical Material, There Is No Doubt That The Christian Life Is A Dancing, Leaping, Daring Life.

The Minute The Church And Pastors Start Saying What Do People Want And Then Giving It To Them, We Betray Our Calling. We're Called To Have People Follow Jesus. We're Called To Have People Learn How To Forgive Their Enemies.

Love Is Not A Word That Describes My Feelings; It Is Not A Technique By Which I Fulfill My Needs; It Is Not An Ideal, Abstract And Pure, On Which I Meditate Or Discourse. It Is Acting In Correspondence With Or In Response To God In Relation To Persons.