"I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlight rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, endless books." - C.S. Lewis

"The world is filled with managerial experts in ministry. They create seasons of excitement in the life of the church, but they are shallow. And sooner or later, the human soul grows weary of such technical expertise. You have to keep propping it up with more smoke-and-mirrors and sound and light and everything external. You have to keep propping it up. It is so superficial. And the soul longs for a deep man of God. This is what people long for: a deep man of God. Have you been with God? Come show me that you have been with God. A man of the word, a man of substance who has gone deep with eternal things and comes up out of the valley laden with nourishing fruit for his people. This is only possible if we give the first priority to knowing God, not working for God... Reverse the order of your days. Give your best energy to going deep with God. Your people will not begrudge being in second place. Oh, they will love it." - John Piper

"Faithful teachers who are well aware of their calling are fortified and armed by Him with unconquerable firmness, and thus they may, under God's guidance, boldly defy all mortals. They should have confidence and not doubt that God's hand will be near them when they carry out, with a clear conscience, the ministry that He demands. For God does not equip them with His Word in order to punch the air with a cold and empty sound. He gives success to His Word by the hidden efficacy of His Spirit, and at the same time protects them, so that their enemies may be vanquished and they are left standing invincible against the whole world." - John Calvin