The Lord’s Prayer is the prayer of the Kingdom, uttered by people who could only hope to have enough food for one day at a time, who were terrified of falling into debt and being hauled to the tribunal that would confiscate their small
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“Niels Bohr wrote, ‘The opposite of a true statement is a false statement, but the opposite of a profound truth can be another profound truth.”
― Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
― Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
“What helps is that we are not all crazy and hopeless on the same day.”
― Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
― Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
“Holiness is the union we experience with one another and with God. Holiness is when more than one become one, when what is fractured is made whole. Singing in harmony. Breastfeeding a baby. Collective bargaining. Dancing. Admitting our pain to someone, and hearing them say, "Me too." Holiness happens when we are integrated as physical, spiritual, sexual, emotional, and political beings. Holiness is the song that has always been sung, perhaps even the sound that was first spoken when God said, "Let there be light.”
― Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good
― Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good
“death is not the enemy; snakes are. And cheese: it is addictive and irresistible. I have had three kinds so far today.”
― Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
― Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
“Find out what makes you kinder, what opens you up and brings out the most loving, generous, and unafraid version of you—and go after those things as if nothing else matters. Because, actually, nothing else does.”
― Congratulations, by the way: Some Thoughts on Kindness
― Congratulations, by the way: Some Thoughts on Kindness
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