It's fun to talk about heaven, about the throne of God and Jesus and Pop and the daughter we thought we had lost but will meet again someday. But it's not fun to talk about how we got there. — Todd Burpo Copy Share Image
Being a pastor, of course, obviously people would say it (shouldn't) have done much but, boy, it sure gave me a peace I never… — Todd Burpo Copy Share Image
“I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” —JESUS OF NAZARETH” — Todd Burpo Copy Share Image
“The Scripture says that as Jesus gave up his spirit, as he sagged there, lifeless on that Roman cross, God the Father turned his… — Todd Burpo Copy Share Image
“we learned the value of being vulnerable enough to let others be strong for us, to let others bless us. That, it turned out,… — Todd Burpo Copy Share Image
“What is childlike humility? It’s not the lack of intelligence, but the lack of guile. The lack of an agenda. It’s that precious, fleeting time before we have accumulated enough pride or position to care what other people might think. The same un-self-conscious honesty that enables a three-year-old to splash joyfully in a rain puddle, or tumble laughing in the… — Todd Burpo Copy Share
“A friend of ours, the wife of a pastor at a church in Colorado, had once told me about something her daughter, Hannah, said when she was three years old. After the morning service was over one Sunday, Hannah tugged on her mom's skirt and asked. "Mommy, why do some people in church have lights over their heads and some… — Todd Burpo Copy Share
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses . . . let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” — Todd Burpo Copy Share Image
“We’d been given a gift and our job now was to unwrap it…and see what’s inside.” — Todd Burpo Copy Share Image
“Now was not the time to quit and mourn. Now was the time for prayer and action.” — Todd Burpo Copy Share Image
