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“Writing was a way for me to stop running and stop wounding and start healing.”
― Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle
― Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle
“We speak. We write. We do language. That is how we heal when our bodies bend and break. That is how the world heals when it is bruised. That is how I healed.”
― Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle
― Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle
“Their faith was not a destination; it was a discipline.”
― Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle
― Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle
“Jesus stands as one who knew economic, political, and religious violence but also as one who formed people in the way of resistance, dignity, power, justice, and love.”
― Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle
― Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle
“She came here because I made her feel better or because she wanted to talk to me about it. Because she was spinning in a tornado and the only time she feels still is when she’s with me. And then it occurred to me. I was her person. Me. I couldn’t adequately put into words the way this made me feel. It wasn’t in her DNA to let someone else take care of her. I knew because it wasn’t in mine either. We were the rocks in our family, always putting the needs of everyone else before our own, so I knew what it meant that she let me be there for her.”
― Life's Too Short
― Life's Too Short
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