Quotemeal for Sunday, December 23, 1962

"The whole concept of God taking human shape had never made much sense to me. That was because, I realised one wonderful day, it was so simple. For people with bodies, important things like love have to be embodied. That's all. God had to be embodied, or else people with bodies would never in a trillion years understand about love."

— Jane Vonnegut Yarmolinsky

More Quotemeal

"The cross symbolizes a cosmic as well as historic truth. Love conquers the world, but its victory is not an easy one."

— Reinhold Niebuhr —

"The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs."

— Vance Havner —

"God is in the business of restoration, and he's been doing it for a long, long time. We're merely his partners, his apprentices. We're working with a pro! Today..."

— Amy Nappa —

"We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior."

— John Stott —