Pastor Wrinkles Sunday Quips & Quotes 11-1-15

Hey there folks! Here is a new challenge for all my Sunday readers. Every Sunday I will post one quip or quote that struck me during the week. You can join along in the quipping and quoting. Here is what to do.

Publish a post of your own using one quip or quote that grabbed you during the week. You can add a picture to it if you like or even photograph the quote from it’s source.

Link back to my post

You can include the Pastor Wrinkle’s Q& Q photo in your post if you think my mug worthy of your blog.

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My quote for this week came from a portion of my devotional reading…

“…We regard falling from God’s friendship as the only thing dreadful and we consider becoming God’s friend the only thing worthy of honor and desire.” Gregory of Nyssa

Pastor Wrinkles Quips & Quotes 10-25-15

Hey there folks! Here is a new challenge for all my Sunday readers. Every Sunday I will post one quip or quote that struck me during the week. You can join along in the quipping and quoting. Here is what to do.

Publish a post of your own using one quip or quote that grabbed you during the week. You can add a picture to it if you like or even photograph the quote from it’s source.

Link back to my post

You can include the Pastor Wrinkle’s Q& Q photo in your post if you think my mug worthy of your blog.

Q&Q

Here is my quip for the week. This was shared in our staff devotional on Tuesday.

“Spiritual maturity is never and end in itself. Maturity is for ministry. We grow to give out….Impression without expression leads to depression.” Rick Warren

Pastor Wrinkles Sunday Quotes & Quips

Hey there folks! Here is a new challenge for all my Sunday readers. Every Sunday I will post one quip or quote that struck me during the week. You can join along in the quipping and quoting. Here is what to do.

Publish a post of your own using one quip or quote that grabbed you during the week. You can add a picture to it if you like or even photograph the quote from it’s source.

Link back to my post

You can include the Pastor Wrinkle’s Q& Q photo in your post if you think my mug worthy of your blog.

Q&Q

Here is my quip for the week. I found it on a church sign near my home.
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Pastor Wrinkles Quips & Quotes

Hey there folks! Here is a new challenge for all my Sunday readers. Every Sunday I will post one quip or quote that struck me during the week. You can join along in the quipping and quoting. Here is what to do.

Publish a post of your own using one quip or quote that grabbed you during the week. You can add a picture to it if you like or even photograph the quote from it’s source.

Link back to my post

You can include the Pastor Wrinkle’s Q& Q photo in your post if you think my mug worthy of your blog.

Q&Q

"The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest of men and women with smallest minds. Think big anyway." Rev. Barry Risto

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway.” Rev. Barry Risto

Sunday Sermon Quotes 8-16-2015

Here are some quotes from yesterday’s sermon delivered by Pastor Brad Hackett. Which one speaks the most to your heart?

“It’s hard to pedal a bike with just one pedal.”-

A Lone biker by Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

“Know the Word. Do the Word.”

Out of your identity comes your activity.”

“God says,  ‘Because I love you work from my love.'”

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” A proud heart is unable to receive a good gift.”

“We sometimes turn Christianity into something we can study instead of something we can become.”

“Jesus studied but Jesus got stuff done.”

Don’t just know stuff. Do stuff.”

“Some of us live under condemnation because all we hear is accusation.”

Quotes & Discussions About Community Pt. 2

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Leaders in the past could not make decisions because they had too little information. Leaders in the future will be unable to make decisions because the will have too much information. Editing and efficiently accessing truly relevant information will be a key challenge in the future.- The Community Of the Future p. 102

Tell me what you think. Is this true?

Weekly Photo Challenge: Inspiration

In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Inspiration.”

So here are some pictorial and lterary thoughts on inspiration

Eleanor Roosevelt said to be inspired we should…“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

The Maum Turk Mountains

The Maum Turk Mountains

While beautiful, driving the cart roads in these mountains made me very afraid and gave me years of stories to tell.

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”  ― Maya Angelou

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
― Maya Angelou

Is it corny to say I am inspired by simple things like butterflies? They remind me that change is OK. It brings its own beauty if treated properly.

Socrates said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.”  I have found for that reason prayer is one of my greatest sources of inspiration.

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My friend Charlotte in prayer.

And my prayers always lead me to the ONE who is inspiration incarnate.

Olde Centre Church Winchendon, MA

Olde Centre Church Winchendon, MA