Maybe those inclined towards the arts are so spiritually retarded to a degree that we must go through the whole process of cathartic expression just … - Mark Heard

I'm not sure what ministry really is, and that whatever it is, God seems to be kind enough to wrap it into our efforts and sometimes wise enough to bestow it in spite of them.

Any system of thought which allows no value to human thought will destroy its own efforts. -Fingerprint.

It is really a kind of a slap in [God's] face to refuse to use the abilities He gave us just because there is danger involved. Just because adultery exists is no reason to avoid marriage. Just because gluttony exists is no reason to quit eating. We shouldn't be anhedonics under the guise of spirituality. -Appalachian Melody.