Inspiration

"When he called his society together, Jesus gave its members a new way of life to live. 

• He gave them a new way to deal with offenders - by forgiving them;
• He gave them a new way to deal with violence - by suffering;
• He gave them a new way to deal with money - by sharing it;
• He gave them a new way to deal with problems of leadership - by drawing upon the gift of every member, even the most humble;
• He gave them a new way to deal with a corrupt society - by building a new order, not smashing the old;
• He gave them a new pattern of relationship between man and woman, between parent and child, between master and slave, in which was made concrete a radical new vision of what it means to be a human person."

- Stanley Hauerwas

My husband and I had gone to a restaurant with friends. When the hostess led us to a circular booth, we noticed the vinyl seat was covered with crumbs and asked if it could be cleaned off.

The young woman sat down at one end of the booth, slid around to the other side, then sprang up with a smile as she asked, "Did I get it all?"

"Lions don't lose sleep over the opinion of sheep."

- John G. Stevens

On the weekend of the biggest motorcycle gathering of the year, I was bar-tending at a club nearby. When the roaring machines pulled up outside, our patrons' eyes swung toward the door and conversation turned into uneasy whispering.

A group of tough looking bikers walked up to the bar, and one of them asked me where the phone was. I pointed it out, and the silence in the room let everybody overhear what the biker said into the receiver.

"Hi, Mom. Just want to let you know I'll be home late tonight."