Ruth

“We only see a little bit of our stories at a time, and the hard parts remind us too harshly that we’re fragile and flawed. But it isn’t all hard. Your story isn’t all hard parts. Some of it is incredibly beautiful.”
― Susan Meissner, As Bright as Heaven

“God forgive the church of Jesus Christ for trading its birthright access to the transcendent for the pot of stew that is horizontal helpfulness. How shortsighted and human centered. The outcome of this disaster is that we have created a Creator in our own image who weeps, cares, and longs to help, but in the end we doubt He can because we have made Him so much like ourselves. In making God our buddy, we find Him nice for cuddling but not much help when the hurricane comes.”
― James MacDonald, Vertical Church: What Every Heart Longs for. What Every Church Can Be.

“The Word is living and active. It will conform you by dividing you. And in the dividing, miracle of miracles, it will render you whole.”
― Jen Wilkin, Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Both Our Hearts and Our Minds