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“To the women passing through our neighborhood,” a big sign on the street outside says, “please do not pass in our neighborhood in immodest clothes.” The parts of a woman’s flesh that are not required to be covered are: face and fingers.
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“Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshippers met together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be were they to become “unity” conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship.”
― The Pursuit of God
― The Pursuit of God
“I feel at home in the world, and I feel like Alice falling down a rabbit hole.”
― At Home in the World: Reflections on Belonging While Wandering the Globe
― At Home in the World: Reflections on Belonging While Wandering the Globe
“And this is what we hope will be our business to all eternity; to think on, to delight [in], to speak of, and sing forth, the infinite excellencies of the Deity.”
― Jonathan Edwards on Beauty
― Jonathan Edwards on Beauty
“That was the hurtful part of motherhood, not being able to fix what you couldn’t understand.”
― Sleeping Beauties
― Sleeping Beauties
“Anne Lamott wrote, “Perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won’t have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway and that a lot of people who aren’t even looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they’re doing it.”
― This Is Awkward: How Life's Uncomfortable Moments Open the Door to Intimacy and Connection
― This Is Awkward: How Life's Uncomfortable Moments Open the Door to Intimacy and Connection
Mikaela’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mikaela’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
744 books
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