Your children desperately need to understand not only the external “what” they did wrong, but also the internal “why” they did it.
“Work, after all, isn’t merely about providing for one’s family. It is certainly that, but it is also about having a sense of purpose, a means of serving one’s neighbors, a place to fit in.”
― Them: Why We Hate Each Other--and How to Heal
― Them: Why We Hate Each Other--and How to Heal
“If we credit the Bible’s description of the relationship between Creator and Creation, then we cannot deny the spiritual importance of our economic life. Then we must see how religious issues lead to issues of economy and how issues of economy lead to issues of art. By “art” I mean all the ways by which humans make the things they need. If we understand that no artist—no maker—can work except by reworking the works of Creation, then we see that by our work we reveal what we think of the works of God.”
― Sex, Economy, Freedom, & Community: Eight Essays
― Sex, Economy, Freedom, & Community: Eight Essays
“I can’t recall most dinners, I forget too many books, and I don’t remember 90 percent of the sermons I’ve heard; and yet all have sustained my body and soul in ways I cannot even begin to fathom. I might not be able to recall the vast majority of my conversations with friends, but I know they have sustained my soul through the years.”
― Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendship
― Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendship
“Since the Fall, evil feels omnipresent, making cynicism an easy sell. Because cynicism sees what is “really going on,” it feels real, authentic. That gives cynicism an elite status since authenticity is one of the last remaining public virtues in our culture.”
― A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World
― A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World
“The truth of grace is that our sins—even our nastiest ones—are not the things that prevent us from being loved. Those very flaws are what make us human, create our need for others, and make our reception of grace possible. And in confessing them we become closer to one another and God than ever before. Honesty about our sins becomes the path, not the barrier, to relationship.”
― Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendship
― Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendship
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