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Bernardine W.
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His story is foretold by the Old Testament prophets, anticipated in the Psalms, and then explained by the apostles who witnessed his work. But nowhere do we see him more clearly than in the Gospels, the four biographies that reveal his
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“The great illusion of leadership is to think that man can be led out of the desert by someone who has never been there.”
― Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry
― Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry
“We are starved for quiet, to hear the sound of sheer silence that is the presence of God himself.”
― Invitation to Solitude and Silence: Experiencing God's Transforming Presence
― Invitation to Solitude and Silence: Experiencing God's Transforming Presence
“Your desire for more of God than you have right now, your longing for love, your need for deeper levels of spiritual transformation than you have experienced so far is the truest thing about you. You might think that your woundedness or your sinfulness is the truest thing about you or that your giftedness or your personality type or your job title or your identity as husband or wife, mother or father, somehow defines you. But, in reality, it is your desire for God and your capacity to reach for more of God than you have right now that is the deepest essence of who you are.”
― Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation
― Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation
“being angry is not the same thing as being called.”
― Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry
― Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry
“If the churches came to understand that the greatest threat to faith today is not hedonism but distraction, perhaps they might begin to appeal to a frazzled digital generation. Christian leaders seem to think that they need more distraction to counter the distraction. Their services have degenerated into emotional spasms, their spaces drowned with light and noise and locked shut throughout the day, when their darkness and silence might actually draw those whose minds and souls have grown web-weary.”
― Invitation to Retreat: The Gift and Necessity of Time Away with God
― Invitation to Retreat: The Gift and Necessity of Time Away with God
Bernardine’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Bernardine’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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