“It is in community that we come to see God in the other. It is in community that we see our own emptiness filled up. It is community that calls me beyond the pinched horizons of my own life, my own country, my own race, and gives me the gifts I do not have within me.” GivingCountryGrowthCommunityMy OwnRaceGive MeFilledEmptinessCall MeHorizonMy Own LifeFilled Up Author:Joan D. Chittister
“There's a connection that's hard to explain. It's the feeling I get when I see someone shuffle up to meet me, or say something, and I can instantly tell by the cant of their head or by the movement of their arms -- and these are people who aren't even full-blown symptomatic -- that they're one of us. And the look they give me, it's not just gratitude -- I don't care about the gratitude -- but solidarity. And shared optimism. And a resiliency that just makes me think we're doing the right thing, and that this truly is a community.” PeopleThinkingGivingLooksI CanHardFeelingsCareCommunityMovementArmsGratitudeConnectionsOptimismGive MeDon't CareI Don't CareRight ThingSolidarityCantDoing The Right ThingResiliencyShuffle Author:Michael J. Fox
“[The Community's] crosses and trials give me confidence. But I derive my hope above all, and most especially, from our utter incapacity, for it is always upon nothingness that God is pleased to rear His works. If at any day we accomplish some good here, the glory will certainly be His alone, since He has employed for this end instruments more capable of spoiling everything than of making it succeed.” IfsGivingEndsCommunitySucceedCapableGloryCrossesGive MeInstrumentsAccomplishTrialsNothingnessEmployedIncapacity Author:Theodore Guerin
“I'll tell you what gives me hope. After the struggle for marriage equality, the LGBTQ community has built some very powerful organizations; in particular, I'm thinking of HRC (the Human Rights Campaign), GLAAD... but there are many, many others, too. Along with those organizations come some savvy and tested leaders who have come to understand not only how to change hearts and minds but also legislators and judges votes.” ThinkingGivingMindHumansHeartCommunityPowerfulLeaderStruggleRightsParticularJudgingBuiltVoteOrganizationGive MeHuman RightsCampaignsTestedHeart And MindVery PowerfulLegislatorsSavvyMarriage Equality Author:Steven Petrow
“I kept saying to myself, this is a calling that God has given me. And so with intention I said, "Okay I'm going to write books not only for the Christian community, but also for the secular community." I found it really rewarding because the last one to use my gifts and advantages to people who look at church as not on their radar screen at all, it gives me favor with - I do a lot with Fortune 500 companies now.” PeopleGivingWritingLooksSaidBookUseChristianLastsFoundGivenCommunityChurchCompanyCallingAdvantageOkayGive MeFortuneIntentionScreensFavorsSecularRadarChristian Community Author:John C. Maxwell
“I've worked very hard at giving excellent training and good materials, resources, books, and then the corporate community gives me respect. And I'm finding now that they really want a relationship with me, they're letting me in their lives, and of course, when you get in their lives you find a tremendous need for God.” WantNeedsGivingBookHardCoursesCommunityMaterialsFindingsTrainingResourcesGive MeCorporateExcellent Author:John C. Maxwell
“Hear me, four quarters of the world-a relative I am! Give me the strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is! Give me the eyes to see and the strength to understand, that I may be like you. With your power only can I face the winds.” WorldGivingMayEyeEarthFacesCommunityJusticeWalksFourAwarenessWindLike YouGive MeSocial JusticeRelativeQuartersGive Me Strength Book:Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux Source: Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
“A smile is just such an amazing thing. And to think that some of those people can now smile because they can see you, that gives me that sort of charge, energy... that's what powers up my batteries. That's the joy that I have and that keeps me going. That's my rocket fuel, I suppose.” PeopleThinkingGivingJoyMotivationEnergyCommunityGive MeFuelRocketsAmazing ThingsBatteriesSmile Because Author:Gabi Hollows