Mbarga Nguele Quotes & Sayings

Across the road, tadpoles are dancing on the quarter thumbnail of the moon. They cant see, not yet. — James Wright

In many of our modern, sophisticated congregations, children are often viewed as distractions. We tolerate children only to the extent they promise to become "adults" like us. Adult members sometimes complain that they cannot pay attention to the sermon, they cannot listen to the beautiful music, when fidgety children are beside them in the pews. "Send them away," many adults say. Create "Children's Church" so these distracting children can be removed in order that we adults can pay attention.
These professors at Duke University conclude their point by noting,
Interestingly, Jesus put a child in the center of his disciples, "in the midst of them," in order to help them pay attention.... The child was a last-ditch effort by God to help the disciples pay attention to the odd nature of God's kingdom. Few acts of Jesus are more radical, countercultural, than his blessing of children. (Nashville: Abingdon, 1989, p. 96) — Robbie Fox Castleman

Space between thoughts is the meditative silence where greatness is created." - Anishka - Songs of the Mist — Shashi

That's just how time travel looks like to the untrained eye. The reason why there aren't more travelers is that your average physicist refuses to be eaten by a giraffe in the name of science. — Bradley Sands

pick pocketed your own pocket — Brian Manning

If we are to reclaim our culture, we cannot afford narrow definitions. — Starhawk