To this day, in fact, it is easy for me to conjure the look our lives might’ve had, if Dad had but held course: an unassuming farmhouse with a wide-swept porch, surrounded, I’m guessing, by a few head of Angus beef on a pastoral acreage,
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“Earth's crammed with heaven,
And every common bush afire with God,
But only he who sees takes off his shoes;
The rest sit round and pluck blackberries.”
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And every common bush afire with God,
But only he who sees takes off his shoes;
The rest sit round and pluck blackberries.”
―
“Rules for Self Discovery:
1. What we want most;
2. What we think about most;
3. How we use our money;
4. What we do with our leisure time;
5. The company we enjoy;
6. Who and what we admire;
7. What we laugh at.”
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1. What we want most;
2. What we think about most;
3. How we use our money;
4. What we do with our leisure time;
5. The company we enjoy;
6. Who and what we admire;
7. What we laugh at.”
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“ordered a third.”
― Nutty Study Buddies
― Nutty Study Buddies
“Attention is the beginning of devotion.”
― The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
― The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
“Christ is no Moses, no law-giver, no tyrant, but the Mediator for sins, the Giver of grace and life.”
― Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians
― Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians
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