Quotes about Balance

An over-authoritarian church, paying no attention to experience, solves the problem by paving the garden with concrete. An over-experiential church solves the (real or imagined) problem of concrete (rigid and "judgmental" forms of faith) by letting anything and everything grow unchecked, sometimes labeling concrete as "law" and so celebrating any and every weed as "grace.

It is individualism and collectivism that cancel each other out; properly understood, the corporate and the personal reinforce one another.4

Simplicity is a great virtue, but oversimplification can actually be a vice, a sign of laziness.

your praying and your preaching should be of the same length. You don't want to find yourself limping, with one leg shorter than the other. God works as a result of prayer and faithfulness, not technique and cleverness. But

Put tradition first, and scripture will be muzzled and faded. Put scripture first, and tradition will come to new life. Better

The generous one-dimensional desire to be a hero, to 'do the right thing', needs to be rounded out with the equally generous willingness to restrain apparent heroism when it might itself bring disaster.

either you obey rules imposed from the outside, or you discover the deepest longings of your own heart and try to go with them. Most of us wobble about between the two, obeying at least some of the rules either because we think God wants us to or because of social convention, but reverting to pursuing our own dreams, our own fulfillment, when given the chance.

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.

I have always believed that exercise is not only a key to physical health but to peace of mind.

I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much.

Breathe and don't try to be perfect.

a perfectly just God must punish bad deeds regardless of how many good ones someone has performed.