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Pulling on the threads of leadership as it is currently structured in religious life—with all of its assumptions, processes, and authorities in relationship to community practice and ministry—is to question the integrity of the whole
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“As for herself, every morning on waking she gives thanks to the God she doesn’t disbelieve in. Although she can’t credit him with saving her, she needs this outlet for her gratitude.”
― The Silent Wife
― The Silent Wife
“I was the sort of kid who spent a Sunday afternoon prying little trees out of the foundation of his parents’ house. I should have given in to the inevitable truth that this was the sort of person I would become, in the end, but I kept fighting it.”
― The Round House
― The Round House
“We drank our whiskeys. It was the good stuff and it tasted of salt, sea, rain, wind and the Old Testament.”
― The Cold Cold Ground
― The Cold Cold Ground
“I like coffee so much that I have tea for breakfast. The first cup of the day in particular is so good that I’m afraid I won’t be able to properly appreciate it when I am half-asleep.”
― Abstract City
― Abstract City
“Too thick to drink,” as the boatmen used to say about the water of the Mississippi River, “too thin to walk on.”
― Old Man River: The Mississippi River in North American History
― Old Man River: The Mississippi River in North American History
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