Kim

“The seed in the earth is the unborn child.”
― Caryll Houselander, The Reed of God: A New Edition of a Spiritual Classic

“On the one hand, idolatry is a means by which we try to control God, to make worshiping him less of a sacrifice. On the other hand, the false gods we make—either by crafting them directly with our hands, or by conjuring them more discreetly in the way we invest our time, desires, skills, and passions—always end up controlling us. By their nature, false gods are vampires. They prey on, and draw their life from, the human spirit.”
― Charles J. Chaput, Things Worth Dying For: Thoughts on a Life Worth Living

“Christian philosophy of work was this. God is our creator. God made us in His image and likeness. Therefore we are creators. He gave us a garden to till and cultivate. We become co-creators by our responsible acts, whether in bringing forth children, or producing food, furniture or clothing. The joy of creativeness should be ours.”
― Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of Dorothy Day

“Then he moved on to clarify that the church does, nonetheless, play a vital role for the state. What is that role? The church must “continually ask the state whether its action can be justified as legitimate action of the state, i.e., as action which leads to law and order, and not to lawlessness and disorder.” In other words, it is the church’s role to help the state be the state. If the state is not creating an atmosphere of law and order, as Scripture says it must, then it is the job of the church to draw the state’s attention to this failing. And if on the other hand, the state is creating an atmosphere of “excessive law and order,” it is the church’s job to draw the state’s attention to that too.”
― Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy