Quotes about Community

If you can't feed a hundred people, feed just one.

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

A life not lived for others is not a life.

There should be less talk a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough.

when we share our sorrow, our sorrow is halved, and when we share our joy, our joy is doubled.

our personal behavior often has consequences for others.

We should never allow our lives to become so hurried or myopic that we ignore the value of the resources around us-especially the people.

When Jesus's followers asked him to teach them to pray, he didn't tell them to divide into focus groups and look deep within their own hearts.

I've met people in the last year or two who have stopped going to their local church because people have started singing new songs and dancing in the aisles. And I've met others who have started going for precisely the same reason. It's time to give ourselves a shake--to recognize that different people need different kinds of help at different stages of their lives--and get on with it.

First, we break bread and drink wine together, telling the story of Jesus and his death, because Jesus knew that this set of actions would explain the meaning of his death in a way that nothing else--no theories, no clever ideas--could ever do.

Jesus, to be sure, often spent long times alone in prayer. But he was also deeply at home where there was a party, a kingdom party, a celebration of the fact that God was at last taking charge.