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“The poet Mary Oliver may have written the best definition of what it means to be a prophet in contemporary spirituality. She writes, “Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”
― Joan D. Chittister, The Time Is Now: A Call to Uncommon Courage

“Disagreement is one thing; disrespect is quite another.”
― Richard V. Reeves

“Don't pray for better days, pray for a better attitude to withstand uncertain days”
― Mac Duke The Strategist

“The trip ahead would put us in uncomfortable situations for which there would be little prior experience to inform our decisions; it would demand we shift our perspectives and check our timelines at the door; it would push us to reach out to strangers across barriers of language and insecurity; it would require us to acknowledge our smallness in the world. These are hallmarks of a great, life-affirming trip, and we hadn’t even left the country yet.”
― Priscilla Thomas, Gathering