“The principal task is to put spiritual foundations under both our child's life and our own. This triggers a shift in the elemental way in which we relate to our children, with the result that their behavior automatically falls in line as they become aware of, and true to, who they really are. Behavioral changes are an outgrowth of a shift in the relationship.” WayChildrenSpiritualFallLinesResultsBehaviorTasksOur ChildrenFoundationRelatePrincipalTriggersElementalsBehavioral Change Author:Shefali Tsabary
“We made a mistake. What we should have done when people crossed the line of faith and become Christians, we should have started telling people and teaching people that they have to take responsibility to become 'self feeders.' We should have gotten people, taught people, how to read their bible between service, how to do the spiritual practices much more aggressively on their own.” PeopleShouldMadeSelfDoneChristianSpiritualLinesMistakeResponsibilityPracticeTeachingTaughtShould HaveTaking ResponsibilityMade A MistakeSpiritual Practice Author:Bill Hybels
“In the retail business, many people are too consumed with the bottom line. How much am I going to be selling? Am I going to be able to do all the things I need to get done? Instead, if they are at peace and feeling good about themselves - if they are treating customers with love and acting as statesmen and stateswomen and people who are connected to God in a spiritual sense - then every day for them is a real joy.” PeopleIfsNeedsRealDoneFeelingsAbleSpiritualJoyLinesActingBottomConnectedCustomersSellingFeel GoodBottom LineConsumedStatesmenRetailReal JoyRetail Business Author:Wayne Dyer
“Denotation by means of sounds and markings is a remarkable abstraction. Three letters designate God for me; several lines a million things. How easy becomes the manipulation of the universe here, how evident the concentration of the intellectual world! Language is the dynamics of the spiritual realm. One word of command moves armies; the word liberty entire nations.” WorldMeanGodSpiritualMovingUniverseThreeLanguageNationsEasySoundLinesLibertyMillionsIntellectualLettersArmyCommandRealmsRemarkableConcentrationManipulationEvidentAbstractionOne WordDynamics Author:Novalis
“Old churches must not simply stand as monuments to the past but as spiritual grandparents that have invested in the future by passing on their life to others and releasing their offspring to form new congregations. Church planting needs to be given priority by old-line denominations.” NeedsPastSpiritualFormGivenChurchLinesPrioritiesPassingPassingsGrandparentMonumentOffspringCongregationDenominationsPassing OnOld Churches Author:Eddie Gibbs
“In the spiritual life, you must take one step forward each day in a vertical line, from the bottom up.” SpiritualLinesStepsBottomEach DaySpiritual LifeSteps ForwardVertical Author:Pio of Pietrelcina
“It's tempting to think that decisions that are not life-and-death are therefore unimportant, and that the little compromises we make don't matter to our bottom line or our spiritual selves. How many of us are tempted, in business, to make a less-than-ethical decision? To appropriate someone else's idea or fudge some numbers? We have to remember that maintaining our ethical and spiritual selves is absolutely linked with achieving the degree of success we're working toward.” ThinkingLittlesIdeasSelfMatterRememberSpiritualLinesDecisionNumbersAchieveDegreesBottomCompromiseAppropriateLife And DeathEthicalLinkedTemptedMaintainingBottom LineUnimportantTemptingFudge Author:Marianne Williamson
“The beginning of Christendom, is, strictly, at a point out of time. A metphysical trigonometry finds it among the spiritual Secrets, at the meeting of two heavenward lines, one drawn from Bethany along the Ascent of the Messias, the other from Jerusalem against the Descent of the Paraclete. That measurement, the measurement of eternity in operation, of the bright cloud and the rushing wind, is, in effect, theology.” TwoSpiritualLinesSecretEffectsWindEternityMeetingsCloudsTheologyOperationsMeasurementRushingJerusalemDescentAscentChristendomTrigonometry Book:The Descent of the Dove: A Short History of the Holy Spirit in the Church Source: The Descent of the Dove: A Short History of the Holy Spirit in the Church