Jim

“Everyone’s true self is a unique creation of God’s, and the way to sanctity is to become the unique self that God wishes us to be.”
― James Martin, Becoming Who You Are: Insights on the True Self from Thomas Merton and Other Saints

“Close both eyes; see with the other one. Then, we are no longer saddled by the burden of our persistent judgments, our ceaseless withholding, our constant exclusion. Our sphere has widened, and we find ourselves, quite unexpectedly, in a new, expansive location, in a place of endless acceptance and infinite love. We’ve wandered into God’s own”
― Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

“Behold the One beholding you and smiling.” It is precisely because we have such an overactive disapproval gland ourselves that we tend to create God in our own image. It is truly hard for us to see the truth that disapproval does not seem to be part of God’s DNA. God is just too busy loving us to have any time left for disappointment.”
― Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

“Prisons are hate factories, Pastor, and society wants more and more of them.”
― John Grisham, The Confession