Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus.
John OrtbergOne reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called 'spiritual mindlessness.'
John OrtbergYour world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become...appropri ately small.
John OrtbergI need to worship because without it I can forget that I have a Big God beside me and live in fear. I need to worship because without it I can forget his calling and begin to live in a spirit of self-preoccupation. I need to worship because without it I lose a sense of wonder and gratitude and plod through life with blinders on. I need worship because my natural tendency is toward self-reliance and stubborn independence.
John Ortberg