Changing directions in life is not tragic. Losing passion in life is.
— Jim Burns (b. 1953), US-amerikanischer christlicher Autor, Familienberater, Podcaster und Gründer von HomeWord
Topics: Meaning & Identity, Time & Transience
Occasions: For Reflection, New Year & New Beginnings
Jim Burns
Jim Burns (* 1953) ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Autor, Familienberater und Gründer der Organisation HomeWord. Bekannt ist er für seine zahlreichen Veröffentlichungen und Vorträge zu Ehe, Erziehung sowie einer traditionell-biblischen Beziehungs- und Sexualethik. Für Bibelleser bieten seine Beiträge praxisnahe Anregungen zur christlichen Lebensgestaltung und Beziehungsführung im Familienalltag.
You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo
Jesus calls us not to a new religion, but to life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Inner dignity remains, even when performance capacity and social role decline.
Anselm Grün
There is a God, and I'm not him.
John Mark Comer
God has put eternity into our hearts and filled it with longing.
John Piper
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson