I am determined to enjoy each day to the fullest. I don't want to wish away Christmas. I want to enjoy these last moments of Advent and look forward to Jesus's birth with anticipation. (Shelley Shepard Gray) #ToPonder #FaithAtWork in #Advent and beyond…

God is coming! God is coming! All the element we swim in, this existence, echoes ahead the advent. God is coming! Can't you feel it? (Walter Wangerin) #ToPonder #FaithAtWork in #Advent and beyond…

It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you...yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand. (Mother Teresa) #ToPonder

You can never truly enjoy Christmas until you can look up into the Father's face and tell him you have received his Christmas gift. (John R Rice) #ToPonder #FaithAtWork at #Christmas and beyond…

New Year blessing… #FaithAtWork

Celebrate the feast of Christmas every day, even every moment in the interior temple of your spirit, remaining like a baby in the bosom of the heavenly Father, where you will be reborn each moment in the Divine Word, Jesus Christ. (Paul of the Cross) #ToPonder #FaithAtWork

If we love just those who love us, where’s the giving? Where’s the grace? (Carolyn Winfrey Gillette) #ToPonder #FaithAtWork

Serving the poor is one of the purest forms of religious service that exists. It’s mandated or endorsed in, by one count, more than 2,000 passages in Scripture. It’s also one of the most ancient manifestations of Christian service & identity (David French) #ToPonder #FaithAtWork

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.' (C S Lewis) #ToPonder #FaithAtWork

We follow a God who hates tyranny; who continually leads people in exodus journeys in defiance of authoritarianism. (Rev Jennifer Butler) #ToPonder #FaithAtWotk

At #FourFortyFour, here’s a bit of #FridayFun for you…👇

We are human expressions of the Divine. We are not territory to be conquered. We are God’s good Creation, meant to be cherished. (Lyvonne Briggs) #ToPonder #FaithAtWork

The era we’re living in demands a revolution of deep prayer. One of silence and solitude amidst the din of the world, in order to cultivate a sense of peace and harmony within. (Jonathan Roumie) #Thoughts4Lent #FaithAtWork

It's not how much scripture you know. It's how much scripture you live. (Toby Mac) #ToPonder #FaithAtWork

Jesus did not say: “You will not be assailed, you will not be belabored, you will not be disquieted”, but he did say: “You will not be overcome”. (Julian of Norwich) #ToPonder #FaithAtWork #MotherJulian #JulianOfNorwich

If there is anywhere on earth a lover of God who is always kept safe, I know nothing of it, for it was not shown to me. But this was shown: that in falling and rising again we are always kept in that same precious love. (Julian of Norwich) #ToPonder #FaithAtWork

Religion is one of the safest places to hide from God. (Richard Rohr) #ToPonder #FaithAtWork

Charity is the live wire along which the power of God, indwelling our finite spirits, can and does act on other souls and other things, rescuing, healing, giving support and light. (Evelyn Underhill) #ToPonder #FaithAtWork

Christianity is a life, not a doctrine ... I'm not saying never doubt or question. The Lord gave you a mind so that you would make honest use of it. I'm saying you must be sure that the doubts and questions are your own. (Marilynne Robinson) #ToPonder #FaithAtWork

[About helping the poor,] either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that he commanded us to love the poor & serve the needy without condition & admit that we just don't want to do it. (Stephen Colbert) #ToPonder #FaithAtWork