Ben Tarver

“Christians affirm that the world is broken, God is powerful, and he will be faithful. Therefore, lament stands in the gap between pain and promise.”
― Mark Vroegop, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament

“But Jackie Robinson was a man of faith. I do not just mean faith in God, though he was indeed a religious man. He also had extraordinary faith in himself and his destiny. He believed deeply that he was the one meant to cross baseball's color line. He believed deeply that God would not have led him down this path only to fail.
That faith filled him with something more powerful that confidence.
He knew that we would succeed because to do anything less would be unthinkable.”
― Joe Posnanski, The Baseball 100

“When brokenness becomes your life, lament helps you turn to God. It lifts your head and turns your tear-filled eyes toward the only hope you have: God's grace.”
― Mark Vroegop, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament

“After all, if the lion doesn’t eat you personally, you won’t have to wait long until the vultures, ants, hyenas, and jackals do. Africa is astoundingly efficient in the disposal of protein.”
― Peter Hathaway Capstick, Death in the Long Grass: A Big Game Hunter's Adventures in the African Bush