Jack Kooyman

“In normal life one is not at all aware that we always receive infinitely more than we give, and that gratitude is what enriches life.”
― Diana Butler Bass, Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks

“Shepherding us toward wisdom, kicking and screaming if need be: that is the Bible’s purpose.”
― Peter Enns, How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers—and Why That’s Great News

“We are safer and happier when we care for each other in community, when we do things for each other.”
― Diana Butler Bass, Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks

“You can make a drug—a way to anesthetize yourself—out of anything: working out, binge-watching TV, working, having sex, shopping, volunteering, cleaning, dieting. Any of those things can keep you from feeling pain for a while—that’s what drugs do. And, used like a drug, over time, shopping or TV or work or whatever will make you less and less able to connect to the things that matter, like your own heart and the people you love. That’s another thing drugs do: they isolate you.”
― Shauna Niequist, Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living