Erwin McManus
Erwin McManus
Erwin Raphael McManusis an author, futurist, filmmaker, and designer. He is the founder and lead pastor of Mosaic, a church in Los Angeles, California. Erwin is a popular speaker on issues related to postmodernism and postmodern Christianity, but also writes and lectures on topics such as culture, change, creativity, and leadership...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth28 August 1958
CountryUnited States of America
heart men people
The history of God's people is not a record of God searching for courageous men and women who could handle the task, but God transforming the hearts of cowards and calling them to live courageous lives.
moving giving true-religion
True religion always moves us to serve others and to give our lives to see those oppressed find freedom.
running insanity searching-for-love
It is insanity to run from God and search for love.
thinking make-you-think birth
If God imagined you at birth, what makes you think He's stopped imagining you now.
mystery surprise life-is
It is amazing where God will take you when you are willing to follow. Life is full of surprises when we choose mystery over security.
forever mystery changing-your-life
Within a moment there is monumental potential. That is the mystery of a moment. It is small enough to ignore and big enough to change your life forever
passion volunteer people
When the church becomes an institution, people are nothing more than volunteers to be recruited. When the church is a movement, our stewardship becomes the unleashing of our God-given gifts, talents, and passions.
dream heart giving
God gives God-sized dreams to people with God-shaped hearts.
church doe world
The church does not exist for us. We are the church, and we exist for the world.
jesus children adventure
If our children are going to walk away from Christ, we need to raise them in such a way that they understand that to walk away from Jesus is to walk away from a life of faith, risk and adventure and to choose a life that boring, mundane and ordinary
outcomes chance process
The person who loves the process has a much greater chance of success than the person who loves the outcome.
boundaries accepting existence
The limitations you are willing to accept establish the boundaries of your existence.
confused hate blessing
I think a lot of us are not on a path; we're in a rut. We have confused comfort with peace, belief with faith, safety with wisdom, wealth with blessing, and existence with life.
names giving guarantees
Would you be willing to give your life to save the world if no one ever knew your name? If anonymity was the price you would have to pay for significance, would it be too great a price? To live a life of courage is not a guarantee of prestige or adulation. It only matters if you live and die fulfilling the mission you were born for.