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“I guess she must have been right; I seemed to fit in. But the thing is, I never felt that I belonged. And now, looking back, I see that the reason was that I was never myself. I was an extreme chameleon. In psychology, we call this self-monitoring, which is the ability to read social situations and fit in no matter what. But when you are always acting to fit in, it is easy to lose your sense of who you are. And really, we don't need to fit in, we just need to find a way to fit together.”
― Inclusify: The Power of Uniqueness and Belonging to Build Innovative Teams
― Inclusify: The Power of Uniqueness and Belonging to Build Innovative Teams
“You get to live a new life on the foundation of the cross. You do not get what you deserve. You get grace instead. Grace is terribly, beautifully unfair, and it's yours for the taking.”
― How to Stay Standing
― How to Stay Standing
“Talking about Jesus while ignoring the way of Jesus has created an American Christianity that is far more American than it is Christian.”
― The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction
― The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction
“It remains a damning fact of life that we ask too much of those who are marginalized and too little of those who are not.”
― The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
― The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
“[Nothing] was as helpful as talking about failure-- because failure is where we live. Failure is not the enemy of formation; it is the liturgy of formation. How we deal with failure says volumes about who we really believe we are. Who we really believe God is. When we trip on failure, do we fall into ourselves? Or do we fall into grace?”
― The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction
― The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction
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