Luke

“But she can call me to my better self, because - in God's kindness - she is part of making it.”
― Rebecca McLaughlin, No Greater Love: A Biblical Vision for Friendship

“Anxiety can act as internal gravity, shrinking the soul.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown

“[Jesus] seems to be indifferent to what we do to dazzle others.”
― John Starke, The Secret Place of Thunder: Trading Our Need to Be Noticed for a Hidden Life with Christ

“Instead of places to be formed, institutions have become place to perform ... if noone sees our efforts, how are to make a difference? How are we to be loved? But Jesus and the New Testament writers show us that there is a spiritual potency to hiddenness.”
― John Starke, The Secret Place of Thunder: Trading Our Need to Be Noticed for a Hidden Life with Christ