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“But it's weakness the Maker turns to strength. Your fur is why you alone ministered to my wounds...Hear me, son. I loved you when you were born. I loved you when I wept in the depths of Throg. I loved you even as you sang the song that broke you. And I love you now in the glory of your humility. You're more fit to be king than I ever was. Do you understand?”
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“What I did know was that for a creature of power, the choice to do good was its own kind of magic.”
― The Mostly True Story of Jack
― The Mostly True Story of Jack
“The disciples, the writers of the Gospels, Paul himself would never be able to conceive of a world or society like America where (mostly White) Christians owned so many businesses, homes, wealth, institutions, and held the highest levels of power in government. We might be considered freaks in a different regard. We might be seen as the most preposterous of all: the people with power constantly stoking the fear that we will loose it, claiming the blessing of a Savior who urged us to do just that.”
― Where Goodness Still Grows: Reclaiming Virtue in an Age of Hypocrisy
― Where Goodness Still Grows: Reclaiming Virtue in an Age of Hypocrisy
“If ever you are passing my way, don't wait to knock! Tea is at four; but any of you are welcome at any time”
― The Hobbit
― The Hobbit
“We are always completely, and therefore equally, known to God. That is our destiny whether we like it or not. But though this knowledge never varies, the quality of our being known can….Ordinarily, to be known by God is to be, for this purpose, in the category of things. We are, like earthworms, cabbages, and nebulae, objects of Divine knowledge, But when we (a) become aware of this fact--the present fact, not the generalization--and (b) assent with all our will to be known, then we treat ourselves, in relation to God, not as things but as persons. We have unveiled. Not that any veil could have baffled his sight. The change is in us. The passive changes to the active. Instead of merely being known, we show, we tell, we offer ourselves to view.”
― Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer
― Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer
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