Carol

“By snowshoe, canoe, or dog team, they moved through those woods, rivers, and lakes. It was not a life circumscribed by a clock, stamp, fence, or road.”
― Winona LaDuke, Last Standing Woman

“We know it is good to receive, and we have been blessed by receiving not only as children, but also as adults. Yet Jesus taught that it is more blessed to give than to receive (Acts 20:35), and part of growing up is learning the art of giving. If we fail to learn this art, we will live unfulfilled lives, and in the end, chains of bondage will replace the bonds that keep our communities together. If we just keep taking or even trading, we will squander ourselves. If we give, we will regain ourselves as fulfilled individuals and flourishing communities.”
― Miroslav Volf, Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace

“We live in a world where joy and empathy and pleasure are all around us, there for the noticing.”
― Ira Glass

“Faith is the way we as receivers relate appropriately to God as the giver. It is empty hands held open for God to fill.”
― Miroslav Volf, Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace