--- title: Christian Living Tips | Faith & Spirituality Insights | NewChurch Live Blog | Patience description: Patience | Deepen your understanding of Christian living, including tips on community service, managing your faith and spirituality, and finding a supportive community through the NewChurch Live blog. image: https://blog.newchurchlive.tv/hubfs/prateek-gautam-wX1GSlEHzuc-unsplash.jpg --- [![New-Church-Live-Logo-White](https://blog.newchurchlive.tv/hs-fs/hubfs/New-Church-Live-Logo-White.png?height=45&name=New-Church-Live-Logo-White.png)](https://newchurchlive.tv/) - [WATCH](https://newchurchlive.tv/watch/) - [READ](https://blog.newchurchlive.tv) - [LISTEN](https://resources.newchurchlive.tv/podcasts) - [EVENTS](https://newchurchlive.tv/series/events/) - [GET INVOLVED](https://newchurchlive.tv/give-volunteer/) - [ABOUT](https://newchurchlive.tv/about/) - [ABOUT](https://newchurchlive.tv/about/) - [Who is Swedenborg?](https://blog.newchurchlive.tv/emanuel-swedenborg-founder-of-the-new-church) - [About Pastor Chuck](https://newchurchlive.tv/about/#get-involved) - [CONTACT](https://newchurchlive.tv/contact/) [DONATE](https://pushpay.com/g/newchurchlive?src=hpp) # Subscribe To ## Our Blog ![](https://blog.newchurchlive.tv/hubfs/Pastor_Chuck.png) #### Recent thoughts on: Patience [← Back to All Posts](https://blog.newchurchlive.tv/) [![Patience](https://blog.newchurchlive.tv/hs-fs/hubfs/raimond-klavins-7L8up7XffP4-unsplash-1.jpg?width=596&name=raimond-klavins-7L8up7XffP4-unsplash-1.jpg)](https://blog.newchurchlive.tv/the-speed-of-god) [Patience](https://blog.newchurchlive.tv/tag/patience), [Journey](https://blog.newchurchlive.tv/tag/journey) ### [The Speed of God: Being Patient and Slowing Down The Japanese theologian Kazuki Koyama provocatively called 3 miles per hour “The speed of God,” since it was the speed at which Jesus of Nazareth moved for almost his entire life. The modern world, however, travels fast, far more than 3 mph. Still, there is much wisdom in these words given how much...](https://blog.newchurchlive.tv/the-speed-of-god) [Read More](https://blog.newchurchlive.tv/the-speed-of-god) [![practice patience](https://blog.newchurchlive.tv/hs-fs/hubfs/martino-pietropoli-5jz3T5LwuPA-unsplash-2.jpg?width=596&name=martino-pietropoli-5jz3T5LwuPA-unsplash-2.jpg)](https://blog.newchurchlive.tv/how-we-practice-patience) [Patience](https://blog.newchurchlive.tv/tag/patience), [Journey](https://blog.newchurchlive.tv/tag/journey), [practice](https://blog.newchurchlive.tv/tag/practice) ### [How We Practice Patience If we stop and think for a moment, we could likely catalog all of the times in a day, a week, a month, maybe even a year, that someone’s response to our behavior was “Patience is a virtue.” And while it’s a nice reminder when we honk as the light turns green, heave a sign in a grocery line that...](https://blog.newchurchlive.tv/how-we-practice-patience) [Read More](https://blog.newchurchlive.tv/how-we-practice-patience) [![Summer water](https://blog.newchurchlive.tv/hs-fs/hubfs/dominik-hofbauer-TueNuRlbHYI-unsplash-1.jpg?width=596&name=dominik-hofbauer-TueNuRlbHYI-unsplash-1.jpg)](https://blog.newchurchlive.tv/how-to-slow-down-this-summer) [Summer](https://blog.newchurchlive.tv/tag/summer), [Patience](https://blog.newchurchlive.tv/tag/patience) ### [How to Slow Down this Summer We crave slowing down. 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