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Quote by Mark Durie

“There is a crisis of religious authority world wide, and there are many reasons. One is colonialism.”

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“Speaking as a Muslim in the West, I see a crisis in religious authority, we need Indigenous Muslim scholarship understanding the Western way of life and is able to use the understanding, using legitimate Islamic sources to bring more scholarship to our way of life in the west. There's a need for that.”

Way Needs Use Able Understanding Religious Source Authority Crisis West Western Islamic Indigenous Scholarship

Author:Mark Durie

“One of the reasons why people in the west are nervous is they are reading the Koran, and the life of Mohammed and he is a prophet that declared he was victorious through terror and that is disturbing to people.”

People Reason Reading West Terror Nervous Reason Why Prophet Disturbing

Author:Mark Durie

“I grew up in church and it's always been important to me. I've always had a sense of calling to do life and faith-affirming media.”

Important Church Media Grew Calling Grew Up Affirming

Author:Brian Bird

“I was a writer since I was a little kid. It just always sort of fit for me.”

Littles Kids Fit Little Kid

Author:Brian Bird

“"His words moved people closer to God." I'd be happy if that's what people said about me at the end of the day. It's always been my calling.”

People Ifs Said Ends Calling Moved The End Of The Day

Author:Brian Bird

“I've always felt very convicted that I didn't want to work in kind of the Christian film-making ghetto. My calling was always to show myself approved and worthy to work at the highest level possible in terms of craft and working with very gifted people and trying to be excellent in everything.”

People Want Trying Kind Shows Christian Film Felt Term Levels Calling Highest Worthy Crafts Excellent Gifted Ghetto Approved

Author:Brian Bird

“The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.”

Source: The Philistine

“I'm not Michelangelo but I would like to be that. I'll never be him but I'm trying to strive to do that in my work.”

Trying Strive

Author:Brian Bird

“My work is never perfect. It always can be better but I just believe that we need to achieve a really high level of excellence. I don't believe in the "Good Enough" principle as a Christian.”

Needs Believe Enough Christian Perfect Levels Principles Achieve Excellence Don't Believe Good Enough High Level Just Believe

Author:Brian Bird

“My dad was so influential in my career. It was a fulfillment of every athlete's dream. I dreamed about it as a kid. We played hockey in the backyard. We had silver buckets we carried around like the Stanley Cup. It was everything that you would hope.”

Dream Kids Careers Dad My Dad Athlete Cups Fulfillment Silver Hockey Influential Buckets Backyards Stanley Stanley Cup

Author:Matt Cullen

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