Meg Lyman

“He wasn’t just calling them into a life of sacrifice. He was calling them into a life of meaning, even the kind of meaning that would involve suffering. Suffering for a redemptive reason is hardly suffering, after all.”
― Donald Miller, Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Acquiring a Taste for True Intimacy

“I think Paul would roll over in his grave if he knew we were turning his letters into torah. —F. F. BRUCE”
― Rachel Held Evans, A Year of Biblical Womanhood

“To ask whether it’s nature or nurture, says Kagan, is like asking whether a blizzard is caused by temperature or humidity. It’s the intricate interaction between the two that makes us who we are.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“Because of preventable disparities in
mental health services, a disproportionate number of minority older persons are not fully benefiting from the opportunities that others have to enjoy their older years. The
major barriers include the cost of care, societal stigma, and
the fragmentation of services. Additional barriers include
healthcare providers’ lack of awareness of cultural issues,
bias, or inability to speak the older person’s language, and
the older person’s fear and mistrust of treatment”
― Patricia A. Tabloski, Gerontological Nursing