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“the despised or frightening or unintelligible other, we will see more and more of the holy, since, without exception, all people are one body: God's.”
― Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion
― Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion
“right. What I heard, and continue to hear, is a voice that can crack religious and political convictions open, that advocates for the least qualified, least official, least likely; that upsets the established order and makes a joke of certainty. It proclaims against reason that the hungry will”
― Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion
― Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion
“sufferings and loveliness were imagined, not incarnate in a specific body. But as I got to know them, I started to see more clearly how the people who came to the pantry were like me: messed up, often prickly or difficult, yearning for friendship. I saw how they were hungry, the way I was. And then, I had a glimpse of them being like Jesus again: as God, made flesh and blood.”
― Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion
― Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion
“I began to understand why so many people chose to be “born-again” and follow strict rules that would tell them what to do, once and for all. It was tempting to rely on a formula— “accepting Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and savior,” for example—that became itself a form of idolatry and kept you from experiencing God in your flesh, in the complicated flesh of others. It was tempting to proclaim yourself “saved” and go back to sleep.”
― Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion
― Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion
Kimberly’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Kimberly’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
492 books
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145 friends
1,351 books
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39 friends
215 books
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79 friends
238 books
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83 friends
860 books
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69 friends
1,367 books
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226 friends
1,411 books
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111 friends
689 books
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160 friends
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