About

Saved by a whole lot of grace. I like synonyms. http://twitter.com/#!/gentilejordan

Education

• Azusa Pacific Seminary
• Azusa Pacific University

Favorite saying

• ""Simul iustus et peccator." -Martin Luther "Grace perfects nature." -Thomas Aquinas "Let him that would move the world first move himself." -Socrates “One of the greatest necessities is the abolition of all begging throughout Christendom. Nobody ought to go begging among Christians. It would even be a very simple matter to make a law to the effect that every city should look after its own poor, if only we had the courage and the intention to do so...” Luther's, To the Christian Nobility (1520). “The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.” ― Søren Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death “What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh and cry pass through them, it sounds like lovely music.... And people flock around the poet and say: 'Sing again soon' - that is, 'May new sufferings torment your soul but your lips be fashioned as before, for the cry would only frighten us, but the music, that is blissful.” ― Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or “A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke.” ―Kierkegaard, Either/Or, Part I “What labels me, negates me.” ―Kierkegaard “We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”―Shakespeare "And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." ―Nietzsche "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get." ― Forest Gump "Live to the point of tears." Albert Camus “like a lame man’s legs that hang limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool” - Proverbs 26:7 "It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching." ― St. Francis of Assisi "Kind words can be short & easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." ― Mother Teresa "To love another person is to see the face of God!" -Valjean's Epilogue, LeMis “Be kind to all of your neighbors ‘cuz they’re just like you… and you’re nothing special unless they are too.” -Typhoon "Grace is the face loves wears when it meets imperfection” (The Kingdom Life, 77). “Is everything sad going to come untrue? What’s happened to the world?” - Sam, LOTR “Behold, I am making all things new.” Rev. 21:5 The first principle is that you must not fool yourself & you are the easiest person to fool. -Richard P. Feynman Cast all your anxiety on Him because he cares for you. -1 Peter 5:7 “The price of friendship is the total surrender of yourself…” Henry David Thoreau Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. Bernard M. Baruch “We would do well to listen, no matter who is talking.” - Dallas Willard, Renovation of the Heart “Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.” - Dallas Willard Shema Yis'ra'eil, Adonai Eloheinu Adonai echad "God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” -James 4:6 "Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow." -Einstein God says, "I can not dwell in the heart of an arrogant man. My place is already taken. There is only room for one of us."-Talmud Bavli "Beautiful things don't seek attention." -Secret Life of Walter Mitty. "Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we might oft win, by fearing to attempt" -Shakespeare "I'm not a saint unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying." - Nelson Mandela Luke 11:9 - “Axe and it shall be given” (Coverdale Bible) “Death has become an imposition on the human race and is not longer acceptable.” -Alan Harrington, The Immortalist. “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” - 2 Corinthians 12:9a Don't just tell a good story. Live a good story. Let your life corroborate and not negate your words. This kind of living speaks for itself. - Eugene Cho “One thing I do know, though I was blind, now I see.” John 9:25 "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall." Proverbs 16:18 “…Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength in God.” 1 Samuel 23:16 “Ask the poor. They will tell you who the Christians are.” -Gandhi "...I reap where I have not sown & gather where I have not scattered seed" Mt 25:26 "A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones" (Proverbs 17:22). Proverbs 26:11 - As a dog returns to his vomit so a fool repeats his folly. "You live with dignity, you don't die with it." -House (Ep.1, Season 1). "Countless second chances we've been given at the cross." -Rend Collective Experience "Following is an underestimated form of leadership" -Derek Sivers "Some insights are only gained while laughing." Eugene Peterson "Shame is not an emotion. It is self-abuse, with the emotions used as instruments of flagellation." Ray Anderson, Self-Care. "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” - Winston Churchill "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer." - Romans 12:12 "Whoever gives to the poor will not want..." Proverbs 28:27a "Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion." Prov 11:22, "That's Canon people!" JDub! "Christians must make a difference to make a point, not vise-versa." -Andy Stanley “We are better persuaded by reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others.” –Pascal "God’s peculiar means of saving the world is through a family." William H. Willimon "Words are the tools of the mind." Dr. J. Hartley “It’s utterly impossible to interpret a parable, it always interprets you” Dr. Hartley "A church is...for celebrating the light that shines through the pain"-Hot Chip, How do you do "the priesthood of ALL believers is continually underminded by the practices of ordination" -Alan Roxburgh "Aspire not to have more, but to be more." - Oscar Romero "The church does not 'have' a minister; it is ministry, God's ministerium. It does not have a mission; it is mission" -R. Paul Stevens “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” - Winston Churchill "Pain is your platform to humanity, its what connects you to the world. More people will connect with your pain than your strengths." -Dave Gibbons "What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family." - Mother Teresa When our hearts are filled with prejudices, worries, and fears, there is little room for a stranger.” -Henri Nouwen "When we die, we will lose everything that life gave us except love." -Henri Nouwen God’s first language is nature. - Henri Nouwen "Silence is God's first language, everything else is a poor translation. In order to hear that language, we must learn to be still and to rest in God." -Thomas Keating, the sun & the moon over Assisi by Gerard Thomas Straub "God, our Father. God, our Mother. God, our Holy Other." ""To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything." -Tim Keller "Where is God? God is where we are weak, vulnerable, small and dependent. God is where the poor are, the hungry, the handicapped, the mentally ill, the elderly, the powerless. How can we come to know God when our focus is elsewhere, on success, influence, and power? I increasingly believe that our faithfulness will depend on our willingness to go where there is brokenness, loneliness, and human need." Henri Nouwen"