John Wesley's Mission Statement

“We look upon ourselves, not as the authors or ringleaders of a particular sect or party—it is the farthest thing from our thoughts—but as messengers of God, to those who are Christians in name but heathens in heart and life, to call them back to that from which they are fallen, to real, genuine Christianity.”

—John Wesley in A Preservative Against Unsettled Notions of Religion, (1758), quoted in John Wesley ed. By Albert C. Outler, Oxford University Press, 1964, p. 20

Joke: Sermon Appreciation

Woman to pastor: “You don’t know how much your sermons have meant to my husband since he lost his mind.”

--Tal Bonham quoted in Holy Humor:Inspirational Wit and Cartoons (p.6) by Cal and Rose Samra

Joke: Start Close to the End

A keynote speaker at a convention of priests came to the dais, shuffled his notes, scanned his audience, and said, thoughtfully:
“Where to begin? Where to begin?”
A voice in the crowd yelled: “As close to the end as possible!”

--Fr. Norman J. Muckerman, CSSR Liguori, MO quoted in Holy Humor:Inspirational Wit and Cartoons (p. 5-6) by Cal and Rose Samra