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Adams, Jessi Lane Coffee Quote of the Week
Austin-Sparks, T Knowing Christ #2 "The day will come when most of us will be tested on this very thing..." Knowing Christ... "The knowledge of Christ in a spiritual way is basic to everything in our lives as the Lord’s children..."
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Barry, Dave Coffee Quote of the Week
Batterson, Mark Grab the mane... "Grab life by the mane. Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death..."
Bounds, E.M. Prayer: God-Wrestlers... "Prayer in its highest form and grandest success assumes the attitude of a wrestler with God."
Boyd, Greg His first concern "God is not first and foremost interested in acquiring a people who happen to believe all the right things and act in all the right ways..."
Brogden, Chip the purpose of revelation "...the purpose of revelation is not to SUBSTANTIATE your illusions, but to ELIMINATE them."
Brueggemann, Walter Scarcity & Abundance... "We who are now the richest nation are today's main coveters. We never feel that we have enough..." Scarcity & Abundance: The gap... "We live in a world where the gap between scarcity and abundance grows wider every day. [...]"
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Calvin & Hobbes (Watterson, Bill) Accomplishments... "God put me on earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now, I am so far behind..."
Capon, Robert Christianity and Religion... "Christianity is not a religion; it's the proclamation of the end of religion..."
Chambers, Oswald On Reading only the Bible
Charles, Duke of Talleyrand Coffee must be... "Hot as hell, black as the devil..."
Collier, Todd A true religion "True religion is not a veneer, but an inner spiritual strength."
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de Balzac, Honore Coffee Quote of the Week
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Eckhart, Meister Prayer - Hearing God "The quieter the mind..."
Einstein, Albert A Mysterious Order... "The human mind is not capable of grasping the Universe. It is like a little child entering a huge library..."
Ellul, Jacques Ellul on Work... "The first great fact which emerges from our civilization is that today everything has become 'means.' There is no longer an 'end'..." staying in bed "… the churches are so debilitated and apostate that a Christian can hardly bear to remain in a church..." Subversion of Christianity... "No doubt some will reply that God is not a God of disorder..."
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Frost, Robert Be the boss!
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Glouberman, Dr Dina Burnout... "Burnout has to do with our unwillingness to surrender..."
Goff, Bob God, failures & confidence...
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Hatfield, Captain J.A. Resting the mind... "The art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry..."
Helprin, Mark Coffee Quote of the Week
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Jerome, Jerome K. Idle enjoyment "It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do..."
Jobs, Steve Steve on Work... “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work..."
Johnson, Clark I can... 'I can' is more important than 'I.Q.'
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Kingsley, Charles Thought for Tuesday "We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements in life..."
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Lessin, Roy Motivation...
Levine, Alex Coffee Quote of the Week
Lewis, C.S. C.S. Lewis on the church “...there exists in every church something that sooner or later works against the very purpose..." Desires “If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels..." love in corners “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung..." Solitary conceit... "When I first became a Christian, about fourteen years ago, I thought that I could do it on my own..."
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Mairs, Nancy Who we believe God to be "Who one believes God to be is most accurately revealed not in any credo..."
Mandela, Nelson Poverty is not natural "Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural..."
May, Rollo Rollo May on Creativity... "In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude..."
Meldrum, A. B. Perseverence...

Merton, Thomas New Year's Res-thingies... "If I were to make any resolutions, it would be the same old ones..." Non-violence: A definition... "The tactic of nonviolence is a tactic of love that seeks the salvation and redemption of the opponent..." The Greatest Need... "The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds..." The hope of the Christian... "The hope of the Christian must be, like the hope of a child..." Thinking & Acting Freely "Nothing can take the place of thoughts. If we do not think, we cannot act freely." This time is given... "This time is given to me by God that I may live in it. It is not given to make something out of it..." What I am living for? "Ask me not where I live or what I like to eat..."
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Noir, Le Pretre Challenging the church "Challenging The Church is like goading a Rhino. Getting it pissed off is the easy part..."
Nouwen, Henri A radical life... "Your life is not going to be easy, and it should not be easy. It ought to be hard. It ought to be radical..." Community is... "Community is first and foremost a gift of the Holy Spirit..." Finding solitude "All human beings are alone. No other person will completely feel like we do, think like we do, act like we do..."
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Parker, Peter (Spiderman) Chasing... "The great thing about M.J. is when you look in her eyes, and she's looking back in yours..."
Pascal, Blaise Prayer... "God has instituted prayer so as to confer upon his creatures the dignity of being causes."
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Rohn, Jim Five years from now... "The difference between where you are today and where you'll be five years from now will be found in the quality of books you've read."
Rollins, Peter An image of relationship (with God)... …revelation ought not to be thought of either as that which makes God known or as that which leaves God unknown..."
Rosenberg, Flash Coffee Quote of the Week "I believe humans get a lot done, not because we're smart, but because we have thumbs so we can make coffee."
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Sheik Abd-al-Kadir Coffee Quote of the Week
Smith, Jessica "Jack" Motto for life... "Love God, love others, love life--and live it LOUD!"
Spencer, Michael (InternetMonk) Myths... ...but myths do for Catholics what clever theological explanations do for Protestants..."
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Temple, William Worship... "Worship is the submission of all our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness..."
Twain, Mark Setting sail "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do..."
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Unknown, Bobby (age 5) Love: a child's definition "Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."
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Verhulst, Kari Jo Conversing with the Divine... “The Psalms defy our notions of profane and sacred..."
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Ward Beecher, Henry Coffee Quote of the Week
Watson, Floyd Living... "Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God."
Webb, Denise Coffee Quote of the Week
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Yancey, Philip Prayer - Hearing God #2 "How often do I come to God not with consumer requests..." Prayer - Unpredictable Presence "I have learned to see prayer not as my way of establishing God's presence, rather as my way of responding to God's presence..."
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Zacharias, Ravi Blessed are the poor "All conversion is born out of a recognition of your bankruptcy. That's why blessed are the poor in spirit..."