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“Live the life that unfolds before you- love goodness more than you fear evil.”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Bark of the Bog Owl

“Imagination is what convinces us that there's more to the world than meets the eye. And isn't that the first principle of faith?”
― Jonathan Rogers

“I want a love like me thinking of you thinking of me thinking of you type love, or me telling my friends more than I've ever admitted to myself about how I feel about you type love ”
― Jonathan rogers

“In our comfort, we have forgotten that virtue is hard. In our wealth, we have forgotten that freedom is expensive.”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Bark of the Bog Owl

“Who knows what the future holds? Only the One God," explained Aidan. "You just live the little bit of life that you can see in front of you. You live it well. And that gets you ready for whatever unfolds next.”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Bark of the Bog Owl

“Does a tall man deserve to be tall? Does Prince Steren deserve to be the son of a king? A bird might think he deserves to swim as well as a fish, but if he sits moping on the riverbank instead of using the wings God gave him, the fox is going to eat him. “Your brother would rather have his own way than be happy. He’s thrown away the grace he was given because it’s not the grace he had in mind.” The Truthspeaker paused to reflect on that. “There’s not much hope for a person who won’t live in the grace he’s given.”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Secret of the Swamp King

“But where there is no fear, there can be no courage.”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Bark of the Bog Owl

“A traitor is no fit king. Live the life that unfold before you. Love goodness more than you fear evil.”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Bark of the Bog Owl

“Courage is the will to lay aside fear because your desire to do right outweighs your desire to avoid getting hurt.”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Bark of the Bog Owl

“Courage is the will to lay aside fear because your desire to do right outweighs your desire to avoid getting hurt. You said you were terrified of the panther."
"Terrified."
"Then why didn't you run away?"
Frightened though he had been, Aidan never even considered that possibility. "I couldn't leave Dobro to be eaten by a panther. I couldn't leave my sheep either."
Bayard smiled. "You felt fear. But you didn't act out of fear, you acted out of courage. Dobro was fearless. You were courageous, which is a much better thing to be.”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Bark of the Bog Owl

“Love goodness more than you fear evil.”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Bark of the Bog Owl

“Neither arms nor armor can deliver Corenwald—only the arm of the One God.”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Bark of the Bog Owl

“No, Aidan,” he said firmly, “you don’t need any new advice. You need to heed the old advice.”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Way of the Wilderking

“Are you ready to fight?” “We’ll have to be ready, won’t we? You make do with what you have.”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Way of the Wilderking

“That's grace, man - what you're given, not what you deserve”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Secret of the Swamp King

“Aidan laughed for the joy of the frog orchids. He cried, too, for their beauty. His melancholy was cured. And a prayer was answered that he hadn’t been able to pray.”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Secret of the Swamp King

“Live the life that unfolds before you... love goodness more than you fear evil.”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Bark of the Bog Owl

“I believe the living God raises kings and brings them down,” Aidan answered. “I believe we don’t have to force ourselves on the ancient prophecies. I believe a traitor is no fit king.”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Way of the Wilderking

“Live the life that unfolds before you.”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Way of the Wilderking

“Who knows what the future holds? Only the One God,” explained Aidan. “You just live the little bit of life that you can see in front of you. You live it well. And that gets you ready for whatever unfolds next.”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Bark of the Bog Owl

“That gal’s got gumption, don’t she?” Dobro marveled. “That gal’s got what it takes.”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Way of the Wilderking

“looked him in the eye. He said, ‘I ain’t a hard man, Mr. Bear, but I ain’t gonna”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Way of the Wilderking

“You don't want to be killed. I don't either. But wouldn't you rather die once than die every day of your life?”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Bark of the Bog Owl

“Courage is the will to lay aside fear because your desire to do right outweighs your desire to avoid getting hurt. You said you were frightened of the panther."
"Terrified."
"Then why didn't you run away?"
Frightened though he had been, Aidan never even considered that possibility. "I couldn't leave Dobro to be eaten by a panther. I couldn't leave my sheep either."
Bayard smiled. "You felt fear. But you didn't act out of fear; you acted out of courage. Dobro was fearless. You were courageous, which is a much better thing to be.”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Bark of the Bog Owl

“Before the Irish, no people had ever submitted to the Christian gospel who had not first submitted to Roman rule. The Irish were a fierce people. They had never bowed to the yoke of a foreign ruler. Why, then, did they yield to a bishop? One of the Patrick legends may give a clue. Patrick came upon two brothers whose quarrel over their inheritance had just turned into a swordfight. Moved by “pity of these unpitying men” (a most Patrician sentiment), Patrick froze the two brothers in mid-blow. Thus immobilized, the men had no choice but to listen to the gospel of peace as presented by the saint. Having heard his speech, the quarrelsome brothers “returned unto the mutual kindness of brotherly love,” received Patrick’s blessing, and together decided to build a church where once they had tried to kill one another.”
― Jonathan Rogers, Saint Patrick

“The legends describe Patrick as an extremely pious child. In one, the infant Patrick miraculously provides the holy water for his own baptism! A blind and oddly underprepared priest, realizing that he doesn’t have any water on hand, takes baby Patrick’s hand and makes the sign of the cross over the ground. A spring of water bubbles forth, the baptism goes forward, and the blind priest receives sight when he washes his face with the water. What’s more, the priest discovers that he is literate at his first sight of letters: he reads the words of the baptismal service.”
― Jonathan Rogers, Saint Patrick

“The legends describe Patrick as an extremely pious child. In one, the infant Patrick miraculously provides the holy water for his own baptism! A blind and oddly underprepared priest, realizing that he doesn’t have any water on hand, takes baby Patrick’s hand and makes the sign of the cross over the ground.”
― Jonathan Rogers, Saint Patrick

“bird might think he deserves to swim as well as a fish, but if he sits moping on the riverbank instead of using the wings God gave him, the fox is going to eat him. “Your brother would rather have his own way than be happy. He’s thrown away the grace he was given because it’s not the grace he had in mind.” The Truthspeaker paused to reflect on that. “There’s not much hope for a person who won’t live in the grace he’s given.” ***”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Secret of the Swamp King

“grace, man—what you’re given, not what you deserve.”
― Jonathan Rogers, The Secret of the Swamp King

“The druids, the priests of Ireland’s pre-Christian tradition, figure hugely in the Patrick legends, but we don’t know a great deal about them. It seems that an important role of the druid was to serve as a repository of the culture ’s lore and history. According to Caesar, they were also arbiters of justice. Their training, wrote Pomponius Mela, lasted up to twenty years and consisted of memorizing huge amounts of secret lore. They wrote none of their learning down, but passed it orally from druid to druid.9 According to Pliny the Elder, the word druid means “oak-knower,” but this was a false etymology. Still, it does seem likely that the religion of the druids was animistic and included some communication with and through the phenomena of the natural world. Classical writers, including Caesar, described human sacrifice as being part of the druids’ priestly duties. The classical writers aren’t always reliable on the subject of Celtic culture, but there is ample archaeological evidence of human sacrifice in the pre-Christian rituals of the British Isles.”
― Jonathan Rogers, Saint Patrick