Pew Notes

Pew Note (6-16-13)

george_pew — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:26:29 +0000

I learned the first rule of repentance: that repentance requires greater intimacy with God than with our sin….Repentance requires that we draw near to Jesus, no matter what.
Rosaria

Pew Note(6-11-13)

george_pew — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:46:06 +0000

“the difference between how a person treats the powerless versus the powerful is as good a measure of human character as I know.”

Pew Note (6-9-13)

george_pew — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:09:55 +0000

We worship the sum of numbers rather than enjoy calculating them.
Donald Miller

Pew Note (6-7-13)

george_pew — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:35:20 +0000

Always abandon unnecessary rigidity, for God can only direct the flexible.
Calvin Miller

Pew Note (6-6-13)

george_pew — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:33:45 +0000

If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking

If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

–Emily Dickinson

Pew Note (5/26/13)

george_pew — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 12:59:26 +0000

All of us are not called to give up everything for the sake of the Gospel, but all of us are called to give up something and that something is ourselves.
Steve Elliott – FAC

Pew Note (6-1-13)

george_pew — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 10:54:35 +0000

Churches that view resources as finite will struggle. It’s a matter of faith–of serving the Christ who fed thousands with a few loaves and fish.

Tim Spivey

Pew Note (5/31/13)

george_pew — Fri, 31 May 2013 11:42:19 +0000

You don’t have to change every part of your life in order to make a positive, helpful difference.
Donald Miller blog

Pew Note (5/31/13)

george_pew — Fri, 31 May 2013 11:36:45 +0000

Spiritual formation is mostly about learning to live the new life of love in Christ in ordinary settings as we do our daily work and relate to our neighbors.
Internet Monk

Pew Note (5/19/13)

george_pew — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:36:00 +0000

To be informed by the Bible about God is not the same as to be encountered by the God of the Bible.

John Frye