“We were made to enjoy music, to enjoy beautiful sunsets, to enjoy looking at the billows of the sea and to be thrilled with a rose that is bedecked with dew… Human beings are actually created for the transcendent, for the sublime, for the beautiful, for the truthful... and all of us are given the task of trying to make this world a little more hospitable to these beautiful things.”
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“It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.”
― God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time
― God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time
“We are made for goodness. We are made for love. We are made for friendliness. We are made for togetherness. We are made for all of the beautiful things that you and I know. We are made to tell the world that there are no outsiders. All are welcome: black, white, red, yellow, rich, poor, educated, not educated, male, female, gay, straight, all, all, all. We all belong to this family, this human family, God's family.”
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“We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.”
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Bob’s 2025 Year in Books
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