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It seemed to Jerry that after he forgot himself, Ann forgot him as well. She forgot he was her husband, or that they had been happy. Eventually she forgot everything she had liked him for in the first place.
“Worship does not satisfy our hunger for God—it whets our appetite. Our need for God is not taken care of by engaging in worship—it deepens.”
― A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
― A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
“For those who choose to live no longer as tourists but as pilgrims, the Songs of Ascents combine all the cheerfulness of a travel song with the practicality of a guidebook and map. Their unpretentious brevity is excellently described by William Faulkner. “They are not monuments, but footprints. A monument only says, ‘At least I got this far,’ while a footprint says, ‘This is where I was when I moved again.’”9”
― A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
― A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
“Traveling in the way of faith and climbing the ascent to Christ may be difficult, but it is not worrisome. The weather may be adverse, but it is never fatal. We may slip and stumble and fall, but the rope will hold us.”
― A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
― A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
“The promise of the psalm—and both Hebrews and Christians have always read it this way—is not that we shall never stub our toes but that no injury, no illness, no accident, no distress will have evil power over us, that is, will be able to separate us from God’s purposes in us.”
― A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
― A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
“As I entered a home to make a pastoral visit, the person I came to see was sitting at a window embroidering a piece of cloth held taut on an oval hoop. She said, “Pastor, while waiting for you to come I realized what’s wrong with me—I don’t have a frame. My feelings, my thoughts, my activities—everything is loose and sloppy. There is no border to my life. I never know where I am. I need a frame for my life like this one I have for my embroidery.”
― A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
― A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
Rob’s 2025 Year in Books
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886 books
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