“Instead of thinking those who don't share your passions are not 'real Christians,' recognize the beauty of diversity within the body of Christ. Instead of being angry with others for not feeling your urgency about an issue, give them time to come around.” DiversityUrgencyPeacemakingPassionsBody Of Christ Book:Faith Postures: Cultivating Christian Mindfulness Source: Faith Postures: Cultivating Christian Mindfulness
“We must make decisions as if they affect those we've not even met because we realize they do. We must live respective of world family.” LoveGodChristianityDecisionsAffectWorld Family Book:Faith Postures: Cultivating Christian Mindfulness Source: Faith Postures: Cultivating Christian Mindfulness
“While the opportunity to improve yourself and your situation is a great thing, our striving to build perfect lives seems to have morphed into perfectionism so focused on itself that we forget about others in the world. We work so hard to build the ultimate luxury sedan, to embody society's standard of beauty, and to achieve historical scientific breakthroughs that we conveniently forget our family members in other parts of the world who must walk miles each day in their only set of clothing for the opportunity to go to school.” LoveGodChristianityMindfulnessThird WorldFirst World Book:Faith Postures: Cultivating Christian Mindfulness Source: Faith Postures: Cultivating Christian Mindfulness
“What if we saw differences in cultures, in moral choices, and in belief as reasons to engage people instead of excuses to disengage and quickly exit?” CultureBeliefEngagementMoral ChoicesDisengagement Book:Faith Postures: Cultivating Christian Mindfulness Source: Faith Postures: Cultivating Christian Mindfulness
“God simply told us to think of Jesus as Immanuel, which means 'God with us.' How amazing that one of the main ways God wants us to think about the person of Jesus is as 'a sharing, an embrace of life by Life, a total identification of God with the object of his love.” GodJesusIncarnationGod With UsImmanuel Book:Faith Postures: Cultivating Christian Mindfulness Source: Faith Postures: Cultivating Christian Mindfulness
“Instead of practicing philoxenos, which means loving the stranger, we find many times that the church is xenophobic. We forget that Jesus, whom we claim to follow, was the ultimate lover of otherness in people. Even differences in religion didn't freak Jesus out when it came to loving people.” LoveJesusHospitalityXenophobicPhiloxenos Book:Faith Postures: Cultivating Christian Mindfulness Source: Faith Postures: Cultivating Christian Mindfulness
“What is it about our expectations, plans, or ideas that hold such sway over us? It is as if we've written a script for a play of our lives that runs about a month ahead of actual life; if reality varies from what we've created in our minds we disengage or pout.” RealityChristianityAcceptanceMindfulnessPouting Book:Faith Postures: Cultivating Christian Mindfulness Source: Faith Postures: Cultivating Christian Mindfulness