“It's the treasure in the empty field; it's worth selling everything to own--your entertainment, your 401(k) or your registered retirement savings plan, your home, your comfort, the sand where you stick your head, your last word, your right answers, your safe and predictable nice little life centered on avoiding heartbreak or inconvenience to your schedule.”
― Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women
― Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women
“The experience of a sad and tender heart is what gives birth to fearlessness.”
― How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind
― How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind
“It is hard to face this. But all our phrasing—race relations, racial chasm, racial justice, racial profiling, white privilege, even white supremacy—serves to obscure that racism is a visceral experience, that it dislodges brains, blocks airways, rips muscle, extracts organs, cracks bones, breaks teeth. You must never look away from this. You must always remember that the sociology, the history, the economics, the graphs, the charts, the regressions all land, with great violence, upon the body.”
― Between the World and Me
― Between the World and Me
“True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.”
― Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living
― Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living
“GROW STRONG IN YOUR WEAKNESS.”
― Jesus Calling, with Scripture References: Enjoying Peace in His Presence (A 365-Day Devotional)
― Jesus Calling, with Scripture References: Enjoying Peace in His Presence (A 365-Day Devotional)
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