“You want to know about a certain period and what happened?-You go into this building and all of a sudden you are transported! You're not just shown pictures, not even 3-D pictures, not even movies, but suddenly you are transported live by a time machine to that very time, that very age and you see it happen, you watch it happen, you hear it happen, you feel it happen! Think of it! Not only the movies but the 'feelies'! You are there!” ThinkingKnowsWantFeelsHappensAgeCertainWatchesHappenedBuildingPeriodsMachinesHeavenlyLive ByTime Machine Author:David Berg
“So if waiting is an aggravation, it is at least partly because we do not like being reminded of our limits. We like doing -- earning, buying, selling, building, planting, driving, baking -- making things happen, whereas waiting is essentially a matter of being -- stopping, sitting, listening, looking, breathing, wondering, praying. It can feel pretty helpless to wait for someone or something that is not here yet and that will or will not arrive in its own good time, which is not the same thing as our own good time.” IfsFeelsMatterHappensWaitingWonderBuildingListeningPrayingLimitsSittingDrivingThings HappenSellingBreathingBuyingGood TimesHelplessEarningStoppingBakingAggravation Book:Gospel Medicine Source: Gospel Medicine
“Most churches don't have the resources for these tricks and inducements but are still bound to the imagination that church happens on a Sunday in a building.” StillsHappensImaginationChurchBuildingResourcesBoundsTricksSunday Book:The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage Source: The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage
“There's a moment of recognition. It's that white-light kind of stuff that just "works." I love that. And you know it when it happens, whether it's a movie, music, a building, a book.” KnowsKindBookMomentsLightHappensArtistStuffWhiteBuildingRecognitionWhite Light Author:Barbara Kruger
“Only bad things happen quickly, . . . Virtually all the happiness-produ cing processes in our lives take time, usually a long time: learning new things, changing old behaviors, building satisfying relationships, raising children. This is why patience and determination are among life's primary virtues.” ChildrenLongHappensProcessVirtueOur LivesBuildingBehaviorLong TimeDeterminationThings HappenPrimariesBad ThingsSatisfyingNew ThingsTake TimeThings ChangeRaising ChildrenBad Things HappenLearning NewLearning New Things Author:Gordon Livingston