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“I reject the patriarchal narrative that says this is how men should be, this is how women should be, and this is how power dynamics should be. I condemn it everywhere it reigns. It does not harm just the women but also the men, not just the girls but also the boys. It is the ruination of freedom. It robs us of autonomy and forces us into caricatures.”
― Jen Hatmaker, Awake: A Memoir

“By humbling themselves, they allow the Lord to exalt them on his timetable and in his way.
I fear that those embracing culture war will slide into the mentality of self-exaltation inevitable after conquest. If the victor both receives the spoils and is the one to write history, how can pride not follow?”
― Steve Bezner, Your Jesus Is Too American: Calling the Church to Reclaim Kingdom Values over the American Dream

“Potato pancakes, Claire reflected, were the food of love—meaning, they were such a colossal pain in the ass to make that no one would ever take the trouble except for love.”
― Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

“The church that raised me bears almost no resemblance to the one dehumanizing refugees”
― Jen Hatmaker, Awake: A Memoir