October 29,2026

Woe to a community if it tries from gloomy depression of soul to rise up to the Spirit! All our own cramped efforts to reach the heights end in downfall! Only the liberating Spirit coming down from above is able to lead the inner life of a community to health, to unity, and to the achievement of God’s work, free from all our own efforts.

- Eberhard Arnold, January 1934
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Every heart that is filled with God’s goodness reveals Christ’s humility and the patience of His love.

- Eberhard Arnold
January 26,2026

The wise men from the Orient land had heard the Word speaking within them, and seen it shining without; and so they came to the Christ who was not born yet, though He was already born in their hearts.

- Eberhard Arnold
January 25,2026

The testimony of my life is always only for the One through whom we live and have all things. This testimony, however, requires unity with the Church of Christ.

- Eberhard Arnold