Quotes about Belonging

It is suicide to be abroad. But what it is to be at home, ... what it is to be at home? A lingering dissolution.

If you were not strangers here, the dogs of the world would not bark at you.

There are many heads lying in Christ's bosom, but there is room for yours among the rest.

If you're not looking forward to church this morning perhaps it's time to look for a church.

You are loved, and your purpose is to love.

America's higher purpose is not just to allow you to have what you want, or to allow me to have what I want. Our higher purpose is to give everyone a fair shot at making their dreams come true. Anything that stands in the way of that will ultimately deprive all of us of the opportunities we hold most dear. For America doesn't belong to any one of us; America belongs to all of us.

You've learned something about yourself from all of this: you do not function well outside the circle of God's love.

Because we are what we love, our identity and our dignity depend on what we love and the depth and passion with which we love.

Being united to Christ means being united to every Christian. But that universal union must be given a living, breathing existence in a local church.

Everyone is in a tribe, and the sooner we realize we are not each unique, like a snowflake—a special, one-of-a-kind person, just like Mama said—the sooner we will make sense of ourselves and the spiritual cul-de-sac we call home. You are likely not unique, particularly special

Many modern Christians will take the best programs from every church while committing to no church. They even have a name for it: "church shopping.

Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods.