“Wisdom is not gained by knowing what is right. Wisdom is gained by practicing what is right, and noticing what happens when that practice succeeds and when it fails.”
― An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
― An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
“Every human interaction offers you the chance to make things better or to make things worse.”
― An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
― An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
“Human beings may separate things into as many piles as we wish—separating spirit from flesh, sacred from secular, church from world. But we should not be surprised when God does not recognize the distinctions we make between the two.”
― An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
― An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. ”
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“The problem is, many of the people in need of saving are in churches, and at least part of what they need saving from is the idea that God sees the world the same way they do.”
― An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
― An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
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