Max Cederlund

“If the devil can’t steal your soul, he’ll just keep you busy doing meaningless church work.”
― Shane Claiborne, The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical

“To love is to will the good of the other.”
― Saint Thomas Aquinas

“Too often, people who need the cheers the most get them the least. Every day, everyone you know faces life with eternity on the line, and life has a way of beating people down. Every life needs a cheering section. Every life needs a shoulder to lean on once in a while. Every life needs a prayer to lift them up to God. Every life needs a hugger to wrap some arms around them sometimes. Every life needs to hear a voice saying, “Don’t give up.”
― John Ortberg, The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God's Best Version of You

“While we can’t force people to be devoted, it may be that we have made it too easy for them not to be. By trying to keep everyone interested and excited, we’ve created a cheap substitute for devotion. Rather than busying themselves with countless endeavors, the early followers devoted themselves to a few. And it changed the world. It seems like the Church of America is constantly looking for the next new thing.”
― Francis Chan, Letters to the Church