“Anger and fear have something in common: we become the center of things.”
― The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction
― The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction
“Art expresses beauty and truth," Georgia said. "It's a gift. It's meant to be experienced and interacted with not used. That's what's so gross about what the Distortionists do. They use art instead of making it or even enjoying it. They turn art into propaganda.”
― Beneath the Swirling Sky
― Beneath the Swirling Sky
“In other words, we will be aware of (know) God, others and ourselves in the same manner as we experience God’s awareness of us. There is no hint of shame in his gaze or his voice. Our attention is drawn so irresistibly to him and how he is attending to us that we lose all awareness of the shame that has for so long kept parts of us hiding in the dark. Toward that end we need to pay attention to the things that are the summation of our lives: faith, hope and love. To live faithfully is to trust, to deeply attune to the presence of the Holy Spirit in whom we live and move and have our being. As we live faithfully, we actively imagine that he joyfully delights in being in our presence, and that all we do, we do with God, mindful that we live in dependence on him and each other.”
― The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves
― The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves
“Of all the evils in the world, the greatest was the temptation of the easy path over the right one.”
― A Wolf for a Spell
― A Wolf for a Spell
“Maybe when we know we will lose someone we love fiercer and wilder.”
― Once Upon a Wardrobe
― Once Upon a Wardrobe
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