Paul Richardson (4)

Good book about reigniting our faith. Richardson introduces a concept called, "triangulating faith". This triangulated faith involves living our lives in the world through the eyes of God. Fusing our lives with heaven and making an impact upon the world in which we live. Richardson presupposes that God has instilled upon all of us the gift of creativity; not necessarily an artistic form, but a vivid imagination fused with God that can make things happen. There are billions of people in the world who have not heard of Jesus, and there are just as many who need Jesus. Why not awaken the faith inside you and burst out with the creativity that God has given you and make a difference in at least one person's life?

Some of my favorite quotes taken from this book are:

The agony of faith is wrenching ourselves free of prided self reliance and crying out for the resurrected Christ to be our strength. (pg. 113)

The greatest barriers to His artistry in and through my life are not physical dangers nor are they menacing ogres who believe in other religions. The real barriers are my own conjured fears and the imaginary monsters in my own closet. (pg. 160)

God leads us to the edges of possibility, then calls us to take leaps of faith. Always the next leap appears insurmountable. We are tempted to shrink back, but he says, "Jump!" (pg. 153)

I am convinced that those who worry all the time are simply misguided prayer warriors. (pg. 125)

Reading through the Bible is a bit like finding out that a Herculean offensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers writes poetry and bakes rhubarb pie. (pg. 77)

Crises are the launching pads from which God blasts us into a journey of faith. (pg. 61)

Our lives are a conversation, a relationship, an interplay, and a nonstop series of actions and reactions in the triangulation between God, us, and the world around us. (pg 43)

Proportionate responsiveness is evidence of spiritual vitality. (pg. 40)

Faith is experiencing all of life in the fusion of heaven and earth. (pg. 30)… (meer)