CItiLife Creative Quotes...

The Dream (art and the church)

2009-03-29T08:15:00.001+01:00

"May the dream never die that some day, when people want to go and find the most moving and excellent art, they will go to the church. I am so convinced that we've only just begun to tap into some of the improvisational sounds that can be created in the presence of God. These are the sounds the world can't touch, yet will be drawn to." Tommy Walker, Jazz Fusion guitarist, Theologian and worship leader

Art

2009-03-12T13:51:00.000Z

'Art addresses us in the fullness of our being....There are some truths about life that can be expressed only as stories or songs or images. Art awakens, enlarges, refines, and restores our humanity.' Poet Dana Gioia

The Dangers of this century

2009-02-25T14:32:00.000Z

"In answer to your inquiry, I consider that the chief dangers which
confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost,
Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation
without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell."
William Booth

We Are Part of Something BIG!

2009-01-19T11:36:00.002Z

When John F Kennedy bumped into a janitor at NASA and asked what he was doing there, the janitor replied, "Helping to put a man on the moon." Whatever part we play, we need to remember that our part is no less important than any other. We are a Body.

A musing on household chores

2008-12-16T15:48:00.001Z

"My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint."
Erna Bombeck

Fear Not!

2008-12-13T21:29:00.001Z

"A life lived in fear is a life half lived." Baz Lohman

Hold On!

2008-12-11T12:02:00.002Z

"One of the greatest things in life we have to hold onto in life is
each other." Audrey Hepburn

Dream a new dream

2008-12-11T12:02:00.001Z

> "We're never too old to set a new goal, or dream a new dream." C S
> Lewis

God is kind

2008-10-25T09:04:00.001+01:00

"God is kinder than you think"
St Teresa

How far can you go?

2008-10-14T23:15:00.001+01:00

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."— T.S. Eliot

You were made for adventure

2008-10-02T08:46:00.001+01:00

A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.
- William Shedo

Fear looks, faith leaps!

2008-10-02T08:45:00.001+01:00

I dream of men who take the next step instead of worrying about
the next thousand steps. - Theodore Roosevelt

Let your dream move you

2008-10-02T08:44:00.001+01:00

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts
of men.
- Goethe

The song of faith

2008-10-02T08:43:00.003+01:00

Faith is a bird that feels dawn breaking and sings while it is still
dark.
- Scandinavian Saying

Kindness of God

2008-10-02T08:43:00.001+01:00

God is even kinder than you think.
- St Theresa

Optimists

2008-10-02T08:42:00.001+01:00

WINSTON CHURCHILL:
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees
the opportunity in every difficulty.

Honour the gift

2008-09-16T12:41:00.002+01:00

"Honoring the gift, releases the gift."

Heather Clark

Faith comes by hearing

2008-09-15T10:07:00.001+01:00

“The external words of Christ, just like the words of the prophets, are to prepare us for, and point us to, that inner speaking in the heart by the Holy Spirit, which alone is life and power. This is God’s true speaking in His Son…
It is through the Son – the living, mighty, divine Son, direct – that God speaks: it is only in direct living contact with the Son that the words can profit…
The great work of God in heaven, the chief thought and longing of His heart is, in His Son, to reach your heart and speak to you. Oh, let it be the great work of your life, and the great longing of your heart, to know this Jesus; as a humble, meek disciple to bow at His feet, and let Him teach you of God and eternal life…
[Remember] that angels and prophets could only point to Him who was to come, that the words of Scripture, and even of Christ Himself, only profit as they waken the expectancy of something higher, let us wait on God to speak in His Son to u. God’s speaking in us will be a mighty act of creative power, a birth of His love within us.”

Andrew Murray, ‘The Holiest of All’, KCM publications, ISBN 0-8010-5763-9

Creative Deeds

2008-09-12T16:30:00.001+01:00

The words of God - they are creative deeds. They give what they speak.

Andrew Murray

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Getting Focused

2008-09-10T16:09:00.001+01:00

You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. Mark Twain

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Becoming who we are

2008-09-10T15:13:00.001+01:00

“To be united with God within the midst of the Church does not mean that our unique personalities are destroyed. We are not engulfed by an impersonal force or power. As with all love which is true and valuable, God’s love for each of us respects our personhood. His love is not one which destroys. God’s love is one which reveals, elevates, and perfects our true selves. By entering into the life of God, we become the persons we are meant to be. “
-Fr. Thomas Fitzgerald,

Spirituality

Fully Alive

2008-09-10T15:13:00.000+01:00

The glory of God is man fully alive. (Saint Irenaeus)