The child shall be king in a world estranged from children, a little king in the kingdom of God beside and with the King of the cross. Royal child beside the child in the manger. And if you want, you can all become royal children again.
— Peter Beier (1934–1996), evangelischer Theologe, Präses der Evangelischen Kirche im Rheinland
Topics: Meaning & Identity, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
Occasions: The Church Year
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