“The act of creation, making anything, is an alteration. We cannot eliminate the medium or ourselves from the process, and both are limited. We create decisive moments by devoting our time and attention to specific things. This is the greatest gift we can give anyone or anything - pieces of our life.” GivingMomentsProcessAttentionCreativityPiecesOur LivesCreationMediumsOur TimeGreatest GiftsAlterationsDecisive Moments Author:John Paul Caponigro
“Faith is the backbone of the social and the foundation of the commercial fabric; remove faith between man and man, and society and commerce fall to pieces. There is not a happy home on earth but stands on faith; our heads are pillowed on it, we sleep at night in its arms with greater security for the safety of our lives, peace, and prosperity than bolts and bars can give.” MenGivingHomeEarthNightFaithFallSocialSleepGreaterPiecesOur LivesSecurityArmsSafetyFoundationProsperityBarsRemoveCommerceFabricBoltsBackboneHappy Home Author:Thomas Guthrie
“None of us ever escape the first few years of our lives. They make a mould into which we are cast, and though it may be broken, and we turned loose, some remnant of it, some intangible evil or lovely thing or both, will remain with us, like the odor to a flower, or the smoothness to a piece of ivory. It is part of the immortality of youth.” YearsFirstsMayEvilPiecesOur LivesChildhoodYouthFlowerBrokenCastsLovelyImmortalityIntangibleIvoryMouldOdorRemnantsLovely Things Book:A Victorian Village: Reminiscences of Other Days Source: A Victorian Village: Reminiscences of Other Days
“Memory is an act of meaning-making. It collects the disparate pieces of our lives and distills them.” MemoriesPiecesOur Lives Book:Word Painting Source: Word Painting
“Time is never time at all. You can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth. And our lives are forever changed. We will never be the same. The more you change, the less you feel.” FeelsForeverPiecesOur LivesChangedYouthLeaving Author:Billy Corgan
“How do we create beauty in a broken world? How do we create a view of sustainability in an economy that is crashing? How do we reconfigure our lives, how do we pick up the pieces and create a meaningful life? So, yes, we have a different form of leadership but the questions remain the same.” WorldDifferentFormViewsEconomyPiecesOur LivesBrokenPicksMeaningfulSustainabilityMeaningful LifeBroken World Author:Terry Tempest Williams
“We are living at a time when the Prostestant church is rediscovering the truth that transformation in Christ occurs through the disciplines of formation. Finally, Adele Calhoun has pulled all of these together into one volume, complete with clear definitions and practices of a variety of ways that God uses to grow our lives. No longer do you have to root through scattered pieces of paper, nor a chapter here and there to get the big picture of the tried and true disciplines. This is one resource you will want to have at your fingertips.” WayWantUseBigsTogetherGrowsChristChurchPracticeClearPiecesOur LivesDisciplinePaperResourcesRootsTransformationDefinitionsVarietyChaptersVolumeHere And ThereFormationBig PictureFingertips Author:Greg Oden