God did His most magnificent work while Adam was asleep. This episode contains and important insight: When man rests, God works.
Leonard SweetPeople who minister worldwide to protect and conserve the environment are of no lower status than those who minister to plant churches.
Leonard SweetTo imagine things other than they are is the essence of hope. It is also the stuff of revolution.
Leonard SweetEnergy-fire experiences take us into ourselves only that we might reach outside of ourselves. Metanoia is a de-centering experience of connected-ness and community. It is not an exercise in reciting what Jesus has done for me lately. Energy-fire ecstasy, more a buzz than a binge, takes us out of ourselves, literally. That is the meaning of the word 'ecstatic.'
Leonard Sweet