When we expect transformation to occur through external experiences, w — Skye Jethani

"Weve been conditioned to avoid silence at all costs lest we be confronted with our own inner chaos."

"We must learn to exist in a consumer empire but not forfeit our souls at its altar."

"Finding true silence requires more than quieting our surroundings. It also means quieting our souls. This is the real dilemma of living in a wordy world."

"Christs true people are branded with love."

"The personification of institutions in our culture means the institutional church, rather than the flesh-and-blood people of God, has become the vehicle of Gods mission in the world. This is salvation via institution, paradise via programs."

"In a commodity culture we have been conditioned to believe nothing carries intrinsic value. Instead, value is found only in a things usefulness to us, and tragically this belief has been applied to people as well."