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A lot of my creative energy is spent coming up with a concept that, once I get it, I feel like it writes itself. — Mallory Ortberg

The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return. — John Ortberg

People cheer the Bible, buy the Bible, give the Bible, own the Bible - they just don't actually read the Bible. — John Ortberg

Better to be a loving person without knowing how you got there, than an expert no one can stand to be around. — John Ortberg

One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called 'spiritual mindlessness.' — John Ortberg

The New Testament doesn't present Jesus as a single man to cover up his humanity. It presents him as a single man because ... he was a single man. — John Ortberg

artist, musician, — John Ortberg

One of the reasons I'm an interesting person to be married to is my intensely late-blooming self-awareness. — John Ortberg

The mere idea of asking a family member if they intentionally stopped sending me an annual bonus makes me feel like breaking out in hives. — Mallory Ortberg

what matters most is not the decision I make but how I throw myself into executing it well. — John Ortberg

One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time. — John Ortberg

My main job is to remain connected to God. When my primary focus is being present with him, everything else has a way of falling into place. — John Ortberg

Did you know that, pound for pound, the moose is the leanest ruminant on Earth? It's true. Moose are very in tune with their natural surroundings. — Mallory Ortberg

Conversation. Hell is just the best God can do for some people. — John Ortberg

Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God. — John Ortberg

God says, "I have set before you an open door," not "I have set before you a finished script. — John Ortberg

No heart is as whole as a broken heart, and no faith is as solid as a wounded faith. Elie Wiesel — John Ortberg

A simple way to address hidden curriculum issues is to spend time talking with staff and key leaders about their spiritual lives. — John Ortberg

To become truly free, you must surrender. — John Ortberg

'Amusement' is appealing because we don't have to think; it spares us the fear and anxiety that might otherwise prey on our thoughts. — John Ortberg

You're a soul made by God, made for God, and made to need God, which means you were not made to be self-sufficient. — John Ortberg

The church is in the hope business. — John Ortberg

We're generally quite good at doing something, but we're really bad at doing nothing. — John Ortberg

A very simple way to guard your soul is to ask yourself, Will this situation block my soul's connection to God? — John Ortberg

The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead. — John Ortberg

Our memories are not simply faulty; they are faulty in favor of our ego. — John Ortberg

I graduated with an English degree and worked for awhile in academic publishing. — Mallory Ortberg

The truth is, the soul's infinite capacity to desire is the mirror image of God's infinite capacity to give. — John Ortberg

Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him. — John Ortberg

I'm not sure ministry can ever have the urgency it requires if it is not aware of evil, both externally and internally. — John Ortberg

Tenancy laws can be so complicated; I want to make sure OP is protected as much as possible. — Mallory Ortberg

The Bible's teaching on prayer leads overwhelmingly to one conclusion: Prayer changes things. — John Ortberg Jr.

Training is essential for almost any significant endeavor in life - running a marathon, becoming a surgeon, learning how to play the piano. — John Ortberg

Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around. — John Ortberg

God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted. — John Ortberg

Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus. — John Ortberg

Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader. — John Ortberg

God has decided, for his own good reasons, that people are not transformed outside of community. — John Ortberg

It is so tempting to return rudeness with rudeness! — Mallory Ortberg

deliberately look for God in the ordinary moments of everyday life. — John Ortberg

In the context of worship, amusement is a waste of time and a waste of life, and therefore a form of sin. — John Ortberg

The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people. — John Ortberg

God never grows two people the same way. God is a hand-crafter, not a mass-producer. — John Ortberg

Addicts sometimes have a penchant for becoming the center of attention at other people's celebrations. — Mallory Ortberg

Prayer, perhaps more than any other activity, is the concrete expression of the fact that we are invited into a relationship with God. — John Ortberg Jr.

It may not quite reflect the maturity of "Thy will be done," but it is better to be an honest mess before God than a dishonest "saint. — John Ortberg

God's primary will for your life is not the achievements you accrue; it's the person you become. — John Ortberg

Our only hope is not for more willpower; it is for a new set of habits. — John Ortberg

Joy is God's basic character. Joy is his eternal destiny. God is the happiest being in the universe. — John Ortberg Jr.

I have a lot of faith in the power of joking to make something thoughtful. — Mallory Ortberg

Work is a form of love. We cannot be fully human without creating value. — John Ortberg

Tithing is considerably less popular than words like generosity or sharing. — John Ortberg

Prudence is foresight and far-sightedness. It's the ability to make immediate decisions on the basis of their longer-range effects. — John Ortberg

It's so, so awful for my entire body and my spine and my hands, and I have a perfectly good desk to write at, but I don't care. I love writing in bed. — Mallory Ortberg

Our bodies are these collections of appetites that veer out of control and habits that drag us down paths we don't want to travel. — John Ortberg

The one pair of eyes into which you can never gaze is your own. — John Ortberg

Evil exists. Evil is real. One of the hallmarks of evil is that it seeks to convince its victims that it exists 'out there.' — John Ortberg

Jesus gave the world its most influential movement. — John Ortberg

Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become ... appropri ately small. — John Ortberg

Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don't know about him, but because of what we do know about him. — John Ortberg

Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely. — John Ortberg

Tithing is like training wheels when it comes to giving. It's intended to help you get started, but not recommended for the Tour de France. — John Ortberg

frosting emergencies are just as real as other kinds of emergencies — Mallory Ortberg

Growth is the ability to handle larger and more interesting problems. — John Ortberg

The disparity between the vision and the reality establishes a gap. And what fills that gap is strategy. — Nancy Ortberg

Jesus' life as a foot-washing servant would eventually lead to the adoption of humility as a widely admired virtue. — John Ortberg

Jesus ... associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them. — John Ortberg

Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more. — John Ortberg

You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody. — John Ortberg

Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient. — John Ortberg

For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things he planned for us — John Ortberg

Bitterness is like drinking rat poison and waiting for the rat to die. — John Ortberg Jr.

Somebody once said that the biggest difference between you and God is that God doesn't think he's you. In pain, we get very clear about not being God. — John Ortberg Jr.

Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand. — John Ortberg

Ironically, the more obsessed we are with our selves, the more we neglect our souls. — John Ortberg

The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he's coming down. — John Ortberg

Someone who responds to "Please don't grope me" with whining and pouting isn't a friend. He's an asshole and a predator. — Mallory Ortberg

The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become. — John Ortberg

My wife is one of the most extroverted people I know. She could out-talk Oprah and Joyce Meyer simultaneously. — John Ortberg

Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much. — John Ortberg

We all want to feel spiritually vigorous, and we hurt when we don't. This pain is intensified for people who lead church ministries. — John Ortberg

Tithing is a bad ceiling but an excellent floor. — John Ortberg

I am struck by how quickly I am prone to judgmentalism. — John Ortberg

A soul without a center feels constantly vulnerable to people or circumstances. — John Ortberg

Universities such as Cambridge, Oxford, and Harvard all began as Jesus-inspired efforts to love God with all ones' mind. — John Ortberg

Real life, however, begins when I die to the false god that is me. — John Ortberg

Never try to have more faith - just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you'll trust Him. — John Ortberg

All work was designed by God to be priestly work. — John Ortberg

This is a beautiful vision that everyone should learn: that ignorance is the devil's tool, that God is the God of truth. George — John Ortberg

Once you're a little bit to the side, God can come to the center. — John Ortberg

Jesus did not come as a servant in spite of the fact that he is God; he came precisely because of the fact that he is God. — John Ortberg

The soul is hidden in God's creating hand: 'In his hand is the soul of every living thing' " (Job 12:10). — John Ortberg

You don't need to hide the fact that you're in recovery, but you don't have to share your history of addiction with acquaintances at work, either. — Mallory Ortberg

A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee. — John Ortberg

God is the most rejected person in the history of the universe. If — John Ortberg

Some people give gifts in order to bewilder, confuse, and manipulate their recipients. — Mallory Ortberg

The soul without God for eternity is in an abyss. — John Ortberg

Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism. — John Ortberg

We will always take the most care of that which we value most deeply. — John Ortberg

Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you. — John Ortberg Jr.