Melissa Baldwin

“Never question the truth of what you fail to understand, for the world is filled with wonders.”
― L. Frank Baum, Rinkitink in Oz

“His heart is too full, and no words to release it.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

“There was no going back. They all knew it. There was no pretending anymore, no hiding in their supposedly safe corner of the world while unimaginable cruelty and exploitation carried on beyond. There was only the vast, frightening web of the colonial empire, and the demands of justice to resist it.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“OCTOBER 20 Morning In the silence of the early morning Your Spirit hovers over the brink of the day and new light pierces the darkness of the night. In the silence of the morning life begins to stir around me and I listen for the day’s first utterances. In earth, sea and sky and in the landscape of my own soul I listen for utterances of Your love, O God. I listen for utterances of Your love. Amen. —J. PHILIP NEWELL (1953”
― Jeanie Gushee, A Morning and Evening Prayerbook