“It would not do for the consumer to know that the hamburger she is eating came from a steer who spent much of his life standing deep in his own excrement in a feedlot, helping to pollute the local streams. Or that the calf that yielded the veal cutlet on her plate spent its life in a box in which it did not have room to turn around. Wendell Berry, "The Pleasures of Eating," What Are People For?, 1989 Jesus pioneered a relationship ethic based on compassion. Being a disciple means building relationships - with the Creator and with all creation and creatures.” PeopleKnowsMeanHelpingTurnsJesusPleasureAnimalRoomsCompassionCreationBuildingCreaturesEatingEthicsStandingBoxesCreatorLocalsConsumersStreamsPlatesDiscipleSteersBerriesHamburgersCalvesBuilding Relationships Author:Leonard Sweet
“Jesus invested everything he had in a team. The Bible knows nothing about solo ministry, only team ministry.” KnowsJesusTeamTeamworkMinistrySolo Author:Leonard Sweet
“Your life is not your own: it belongs to God. To "be yourself" is to be and do what God wants you to be and do, knowing that God created you for a mission and knows you and your mission better than you do.” KnowsWantLifeGodChristianLife IsChristianityKnowingCreatingCreatorMissionsCoachingBeing YourselfBelongingPastorTheologianBetter Than You Book:Soulsalsa: 17 Surprising Steps for Godly Living in the 21st Century Source: Soulsalsa: 17 Surprising Steps for Godly Living in the 21st Century
“The greater the amount of knowledge you accumulate, the bigger your island gets, but the greater the shoreline of the unknown becomes. In short, the more you know, the more you know you don’t know.” KnowsGreaterAmountBiggerIslandsShoreline Author:Leonard Sweet
