“When we turn the Bible into an adjective and stick it in front of another loaded word, we tend to ignore or downplay the parts of the Bible that don’t quite fit our preferences and presuppositions. In an attempt to simplify, we force the Bible’s cacophony of voices into a single tone and turn a complicated, beautiful, and diverse holy text into a list of bullet points we can put in a manifesto or creed. More often than not, we end up more committed to what we want the Bible to say than what it actually says.” WantEndsBeautifulTurnsForceVoiceFrontsFitHolySticksCommittedComplicatedListsToneCreedsDiverseBulletsPreferenceSimplifyLoadedAdjectivesManifestosCacophony Author:Rachel Held Evans
“John Coltrane is still probably one of the greatest musicians of this century. His tone truly puts demons on a leash. His gift is directly from the mind of God and is very powerful. ..... The first time I heard a Love Supreme, it was really an assault. It could've been from mars as far as i was concerned, or another galaxy. I remember the album cover and the name, but the music didn't fit into the patterns of my brain at that point. It was like someone trying to tell a monkey about spirituality or computers, you know, it just didn't compute.” KnowsTryingMindFirstsStillsRememberSpiritualityNamesPowerfulBrainHeardCenturyFitComputerMusicianFirst TimeConcernedPatternsAlbumsSupremeToneDemonMarsMonkeysAssaultGalaxyVery PowerfulLeashesColtraneAlbum CoversGreatest Musician Author:Carlos Santana
“Our identity sets the tone for all we do and become. Christians who live out of who they really are cannot be crippled by the opinions of others. They don't work to fit into other people's expectations, but burn with the realization of who the Father. says they are.” PeopleChristianFatherOpinionIdentityFitExpectationsRealizationToneCrippled Book:Dreaming with God: Co-Laboring with God for Cultural Transformation Source: Dreaming with God: Co-Laboring with God for Cultural Transformation
“I used to get made fun of for being either too provocative or too eccentric, so I started to tone it down. I didn't fit in, and I felt like a freak.” MadeUsedFunFeltFitToneFreakEccentricProvocative Author:Lady Gaga
“I think what we want to do is - when we choreograph, when we design choreography, we try to take it from a character standpoint first. Obviously you write a script and it's like, a Jason Bourne or a John Wick or something like that, you don't start choreographing double twisting wire moves and backflips, or doing the splits. You try to keep it so it fits the character, or the tone of the film.” ThinkingWantWritingTryingFirstsCharacterFilmMovingDesignFitScriptsToneSplitsWireStandpointJasonChoreographyBourneBackflips Author:Chad Stahelski
“There's no one way of telling a story or looking at reality, so I think any device is up for grabs as long as it fits in with the tone.” ThinkingWayLongStoriesRealityFitOne WayToneDevices Author:Irvine Welsh