The old man was of a growing persuasion that the world had become a much too noisy place, too full of manufactured sounds, unruly speech, and angry voices. And he was pleased, in these unsought moments of sleeplessness, to sit and surrender
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“Increasingly, I am convinced that the Kingdom of God moves forward most enduringly when ordinary people do small things kindly and well over a long period of time.”
― The Last Sweet Mile
― The Last Sweet Mile
“In sum, the innovative, restorative work of culture-making needs to be primed by those liturgical traditions that orient our imagination to kingdom come. In order to foster a Christian imagination, we don’t need to invent; we need to remember. We cannot hope to re-create the world if we are constantly reinventing “church,” because we will reinvent ourselves right out of the Story. Liturgical tradition is the platform for imaginative innovation.”
― You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
― You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
“It is essential to keep together these two complementary ways of looking at the cross. On the human level”
― The Cross of Christ
― The Cross of Christ
“I’m tired of all the death this world keeps insisting on.”
― Familiaris
― Familiaris
“Let each of us examine his thoughts; he will find them wholly concerned with the past or the future. We almost never think of the present”
― Everything Is Never Enough: Ecclesiastes' Surprising Path to Resilient Happiness
― Everything Is Never Enough: Ecclesiastes' Surprising Path to Resilient Happiness
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