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How inexpressibly thankful do I feel now for the sustaining grace which upheld me, and enabled me to testify to them [pastors who received books from her] from my own experience, that every promise of God holds true, and that even in the
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“The Bible is not a book for the faint of heart -- it is a book full of all the greed and glory and violence and tenderness and sex and betrayal that benefits mankind. It is not the collection of pretty little anecdotes mouthed by pious little church mice -- it does not so much nibble at our shoe leather as it cuts to the heart and splits the marrow from the bone. It does not give us answers fitted to our small-minded questions, but truth that goes beyond what we even know to ask.”
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“Tell him what eucharisteo is doing. How I’m wrestling to name graces to see glory in the moment, graces to see glory in the faces.”
― One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
― One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
“Berating ourselves for our flaws and our weakness only serves to undermine our strength to become. Repenting from our sin is essential. Beating ourselves up for sinning is no longer an option.”
― Becoming Myself: Embracing God's Dream of You
― Becoming Myself: Embracing God's Dream of You
“I take comfort in knowing that it was the shepherds to whom the angels appeared when they announced Christ's birth. Invariably throughout the course of history, God has appeared to people on the fringes. It's nice to find theological justification for your quirks.”
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“I would like to encourage you to stop thinking of what you're doing as ministry. Start realizing that your ministry is how much of a tip you leave when you eat in a restaurant; when you leave a hotel room whether you leave it all messed up or not; whether you flush your own toilet or not. Your ministry is the way that you love people. And you love people when you write something that is encouraging to them, something challenging. You love people when you call your wife and say, 'I'm going to be late for dinner,' instead of letting her burn the meal. You love people when maybe you cook a meal for your wife sometime, because you know she's really tired. Loving people - being respectful toward them - is much more important than writing or doing music.”
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Lisa Owen’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Lisa Owen’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,218 books
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64 friends
2,312 books
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911 friends
734 books
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93 friends
108 books
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128 friends
8 books
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109 friends
54 books
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35 friends
381 books
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90 friends
152 books
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30 friends
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