Way-Marks; Or, Directions to Persons Commencing a Religious Life

“For those of us who desire to follow Jesus, here is the reality we must turn and face: If we’re not being intentionally formed by Jesus himself, then it’s highly likely we are being unintentionally formed by someone or something else.””

— Unknown

“The single most important question is, Are we becoming more loving? Not, Are we becoming more biblically educated? Or practicing more spiritual disciplines? Or more involved in church? Those are all good things, but not the most important thing.””

— Unknown

“There simply is no better way, truth, or life to be found than that of Jesus.””

— Unknown

“Without solitude it is virtually impossible to live a spiritual life.””

— Unknown

“For Jesus, salvation is less about getting you into heaven and more about getting heaven into you.””

— Unknown

“Jesus isn’t asking you to do something you’re not already doing. All of us are abiding. The question isn’t, Are you abiding? It’s, What are you abiding in?””

— Unknown

“The undirected mind tends toward chaos.” The psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi called this phenomenon “psychic entropy.””

— Unknown

“Contemplative prayer isn't looking to get anything from God; it's just looking at God. "I look at Him, He looks at me, and we are happy." Few of us even realize this type of prayer is a possibility. It's this deeper layer of prayer that I find both most challenging and most rewarding. Challenging not because it's unpleasant (the opposite, in fact) but because it requires the very capacity of which our world schemes to rob me: attention.””

— Unknown

“Following Jesus is not a three-step formula: be with him, become like him, and so on. But there is a sequence. It is not a program but a progression. First, you come and be with Jesus; gradually you start to become like him; eventually, it's like you can't help it - you begin to do the kinds of things he did in the world. We see this progression in the stories of the original disciples: They spent months or possibly years just following him around Israel and sitting at his feet. Very slowly they began to change, and eventually, he "sent them out" to preach.””

— Unknown