Tim F Nash

"Trust is a confident relationship with the unknown." Rachel Botsman

"Peace is not the silent result of violent repression. Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all to the good of all. Peace is dynamism." Oscar Romero, Bishop of El Salvador

"The paradox of hospitality is that it wants to create emptiness. Not a fearful emptiness, but a friendly emptiness where strangers can enter and discover themselves as created free." Henri Nouwen

"Hospitality is not to change people but to offer them space where change can take place." Henri Nouwen

There is nothing that can cleanse us more completely than the blood of Christ; there us nothing that can build us up more fully than the body of Christ.

“There are more than 1,000 varieties of banana, and we eat one of them. The lack of diversity could mean the fruit’s extinction. It offers a stark warning of what could happen to other key foods.” theguardian.com/commentisfre…

"(And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point,) 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.'" Kurt Vonnegut Jr

"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" Einstein

"We are not given a short life but we make it short, and we are not ill-supplied but wasteful of it." Seneca

... and one day, the shuttering will come down and we will see how the rebuilding that has been happening in all our various communities fits together as God unveils the New Jerusalem that is protected by walls that no flood, tornado or raid can penetrate any longer.

"Sweating in the practice of resurrection." (Common Prayer) Jesus is rebuilding our communities after the ravages of sin's floods, tornados and raids. Resurrection is sweaty work, but it is hopeful, joyful and beautiful.

"Comedy is the truth dancing." (Clive James)

The Hebrew for "love" is "ahavah," from the root "hav" meaning "to give," which is an action not a feeling. "True love is not about how you feel in someone else’s presence; it’s about how you make them feel in yours." chabad.org/library/article_c…

"There may be enough art in the world but there aren't enough artists; there may be enough sermons but there aren't enough preachers." (Nathan Weston from @crosslands )

At a certain point [in learning guitar] you are able to connect with something from which music is created. Your heart begins to guide your fingers in a fluid fashion to produce something that changes the hearts of others. Prayer is like that. @jgreenhall

"You don’t just get paid for your time; you get paid for your value." @ericgoesglobal

The origin of the word "religion" is uncertain: it may be from what you repeatedly go through (re+legare); what you bind yourself to (re+ligare); or what you pay attention to (opp. negligens). Habits, anchoring, mindfulness. etymonline.com/word/religion…

Jesus doesn't call us to win but to take up our cross and follow him. @BrianZahnd

Sin is us running away from God and grace is God's effort to pursue us and intercept our self destructive behaviour. @timkellernyc