Hope Wiseman

“God has a purpose for our feelings -- the good and the bad.”
― Carolyn Mahaney, True Feelings: God's Gracious and Glorious Purpose for Our Emotions

“Emotions are the reporters for the soul.”
― Carolyn Mahaney, True Feelings: God's Gracious and Glorious Purpose for Our Emotions

“My faith tells me that God shared poverty, suffering, and death with human beings, which can only mean that such things are full of dignity and meaning, even though to believe this makes a great demand on one’s faith, and to act as if this were true in any way we understand is to be ridiculous. It is ridiculous also to act as if it were not absolutely and essentially true all the same.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Lila

“Brew coffee or tea, sit with a friend and ask them questions—questions just one step riskier than the last time you talked. As you listen, observe the flickers of sadness or hope that cross their face. Try to imagine what it must be like to live their story, suffer their losses, dream their dreams. Pray with them and dare to put into words their heart’s desires, and dare to ask God to grant them.”
― Andy Crouch, Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True Flourishing