25 quotes
Sometimes I think these self-righteous labors are attempts to impress myself rather than sincere strides toward God.
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000)
The uncomfortable moments in a person's life make great stories down the road.
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000)
Life is too complicated to use analogies to describe it.
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000)
"I'm saying that a lot of Christians want to be recognized for their godliness, and a lot of people mistake the recognition for godliness itself."
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000)
Too much chicken soup for the soul is not a good thing. Working men eat meat and potatoes.
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000)
If worship is sustenance, then modern worship is fast food.
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000)
Cupid is fat and slow and can't hit moving targets.
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000)
It does not escape me that I am blessed to be included in this tale of a billion human conflicts and singular resolution.
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000)
It is the occupation of a Christian to glorify God.
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000)
There are two types of men in this world--one is looking for a woman to make his life complete and the other is looking for a woman to join his complete life.
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000)
Outside of God's perspective, even romance loses its significance. Not in riches or in romance do we find fulfillment, but in God.
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000)
We have come one hundred miles and both the tortoise and the hare have passed us laughing.
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000)
Worship is not just something we feel, it is something we sweat.
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000)
How does a person separate true, personal religion from a religion of conformity? Christianity is not really as white and wealthy and judgmental as we might want it to be.
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000)
"Don."
"Yeah."
"Why don't people believe?"
"Why don't they believe what?"
"In God."
"I don't know. Not everyone has a Volkswagen."
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000)
The more I ponder God's way, the more I believe He changes a person, or molds a person through enlightenment. He changes a person's mind.
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000)
No poet, in his greatest imaginings, could conceive of anything greater than the real
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000)
"I don't mean any disrespect. I truly don't. But Texas isn't nature. Texas is city and smog and humidity and heat."
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000)
It occurs to me it is not so much the aim of the devil to lure me with evil as it is to preoccupy me with the meaningless.
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000)
When we ask ourselves if we are walking with Christ, I believe we need to ask oursleves this question: Has Christ changed the way I view the world lately?
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000)