“We particularly need to listen to older people and children. They all have stories to tell that enrich the mind and the heart. Children simplify things, often with brutal honesty. Older people bring the perspective of their long years on… — Gordon MacDonald Copy Share Image
“People whose minds are not strengthened for endurance are by no means always unintelligent. They simply have never stopped to think that the use of the mind for the purpose of growth is a necessary part of a God-pleasing lifestyle.” — Gordon MacDonald Copy Share Image
“The challenge for the modern Christ-follower in a secular society may be to ask prophetic questions before there is opportunity to provide Christ-oriented answers.” — Gordon MacDonald Copy Share Image
“when the inner garden is under cultivation and God's Spirit is present, harvests are regular events. The fruits? Things like courage, hope, love, endurance,… — Gordon MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Few of us can fully appreciate the terrible conspiracy of noise there is about us, noise that denies us the silence and solitude we… — Gordon MacDonald Copy Share Image
“It was a commitment to God. He was first on the calendar that day where He belongs every day. And it is not the… — Gordon MacDonald Copy Share Image
“We human beings are paradoxes. We love the fruits of commitment, love, and order. Yet a dark side of us is often anticommitment, antilove,… — Gordon MacDonald Copy Share Image
“We must learn to soundproof the heart against the intruding noises of the public world in order to hear what God has to say.” — Gordon MacDonald Copy Share Image
“We particularly need to listen to older people and children. They all have stories to tell that enrich the mind and the heart. Children… — Gordon MacDonald Copy Share Image
An effective father devotes himself to become an instrument and model of human experience to his children... accepts and affirms his children for who… — Gordon MacDonald Copy Share Image
“People whose minds are not strengthened for endurance are by no means always unintelligent. They simply have never stopped to think that the use… — Gordon MacDonald Copy Share Image
