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“I think the opportunity to bring together the people in the world of politics, business and entertainment and have an opportunity to listen to their best learning and thinking is a great opportunity.”
“How many people just get up on Monday and do the same thing they've done every single Monday - go to work and just turn on route automatic and no longer have any meaning in their life?”
“We're a part of the insurrection, trying to turn Christianity upside down. We're an experimental church: God's research and development arm.”
“I think that's a part of what motivates me in my teaching and writing. Once the Gospel feels mainstream and becomes a nicely organized, orchestrated belief system, frankly, I don't think there is even an attraction to the human spirit.”
“I love what Monet, Picasso, Van Gogh and Jesus all said - that love is really the driving principle of the creative act. In fact, they would say that great art is always inspired by love.”
“People outside of the faith really appreciate Mosaic and really love what we're doing.”
“Los Angeles has been known as the center of creativity but has often been equally known for the absence of spirituality.”
“I think we've overstated that God is the God who wants us to obey. Obedience is not the end game. Obedience is only our calling so that we can step into our freedom.”
“I think Christianity is the same as Buddhism and Hinduism - whenever a religion begins to say that these are the things you have to do to be loved by God, you have a religion.”
“It is the creative and enterprising spirit of people that is indispensable. Everything else is supplemental.”
“The bulk of our community is probably between the ages of 20 and 34.”
“We are constantly learning and growing and changing. We are really an experiment. We are endeavoring to discover if a community of faith can exist purely for the good of others.”
“When we look at history, we see history is made up of the heroes of their times. Yet, somehow we miss this when we put on the lens of the Scriptures.”
“We need to understand that Christianity is about changing; it is not about a religion.”