“At least, if your will is as you say, it proves definitively that I couldn't be the murderer." Nick put on an exaggerated expression of relief. "I was beginning to worry."
"I'm happy to set your mind at ease, Nick, old boy, but I must admit I've long held you above suspicion in this case."
"Really?"
"Oh, by all means. Obviously our murderer is of superior intelligence and nerve. I ruled you out from the start.”
―
"I'm happy to set your mind at ease, Nick, old boy, but I must admit I've long held you above suspicion in this case."
"Really?"
"Oh, by all means. Obviously our murderer is of superior intelligence and nerve. I ruled you out from the start.”
―
“I am broke. What I've found in being a priest is that we're all broken. Fallen is perhaps a more scriptural concept, but usually what falls gets broken, so it's all the same."
The up side is, he promises we'll be made whole in heaven. 'Til then, we keep seeking him, keep trusting him, keep letting him have his way with us. That's our job."
"Yeah, fine, but what's his job?"
"His job is to keep forgiving us and keep loving us. That's why, when he gives us something tough to do, he doesn't turn his back and walk away. He sticks with us, sees us through—but only if we ask him to. If we ask, he supplies everything we need.”
― Home to Holly Springs
The up side is, he promises we'll be made whole in heaven. 'Til then, we keep seeking him, keep trusting him, keep letting him have his way with us. That's our job."
"Yeah, fine, but what's his job?"
"His job is to keep forgiving us and keep loving us. That's why, when he gives us something tough to do, he doesn't turn his back and walk away. He sticks with us, sees us through—but only if we ask him to. If we ask, he supplies everything we need.”
― Home to Holly Springs
“Many things I have tried to grasp, and have lost. That which I have placed in God's hands I still have. - Martin Luther”
― Patches of Godlight: Father Tim's Favorite Quotes
― Patches of Godlight: Father Tim's Favorite Quotes
“The rector wondered if the joy that people seemed so expert at containing somehow transferred to their dogs, who had nothing at all to hide.”
― Out to Canaan
― Out to Canaan
“But faith is not belief in the history of Christ, as the godless think, but belief in the purpose of Christ’s incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection. For he took on flesh, was crucified, and rose from the dead in order to justify all who would believe in him.”
― Commonplaces: Loci Communes 1521
― Commonplaces: Loci Communes 1521
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