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"“If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work. I saw the ledger written. “" — Jun 21, 2026 11:33AM
"“If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work. I saw the ledger written. “" — Jun 21, 2026 11:33AM
To judge from scripture, for many of Christ’s contemporaries the principal questions raised by his ministry concerned the power with which he acted and the authority with which he spoke: not, that is, whether in fact his power and authority
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“Only Jesus can hold things like this in tandem. Only Jesus can simultaneously attend to the one with the broken foot and the one with stage IV cancer. Only Jesus can concurrently care about the child withering away from starvation and the child weeping over his parents’ divorce. Only Jesus can cry with the girl sobbing over a high school breakup and the wife who is widowed, left with mouths to feed and an empty bed. He is the only one who can see that all pain is real and valid, regardless of how the world would rank it. He is the only one who can validate our suffering—and he does.”
― Still Waiting: Hope for When God Doesn't Give You What You Want
― Still Waiting: Hope for When God Doesn't Give You What You Want
“Maybe we all walk around assuming everyone is interpreting the world the same way we are, and being surprised when they aren't, and that's the loneliness and confusion of the human experience in a nutshell.”
― I Miss You When I Blink: Essays
― I Miss You When I Blink: Essays
“The word "Eucharist" means literally "act of thanksgiving." To celebrate the Eucharist and to live a Eucharistic life has everything to do with gratitude. Living Eucharistically is living life as a gift, a gift for which one is grateful. But gratitude is not the most obvious response to life, certainly not when we experience life as a series of losses! Still, the great mystery we celebrate in the Eucharist and live in a Eucharistic life is precisely that through mourning our losses we come to know life as a gift.”
― With Burning Hearts: A Meditation on the Eucharistic Life
― With Burning Hearts: A Meditation on the Eucharistic Life
“Is the Word of God close to me as a comfort and a strength? Or do I misuse my solitude against the community, against the Word and prayer? Individuals must be aware that even their hours of being alone reverberate through the community. In their solitude they can shatter and tarnish the community or they can strengthen and sanctify it. Every act of self-discipline by a Christian is also a service to the community.”
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“This is the real, hard work of faith for most of us--not jumping of cliffs or swimming in shark-infested waters, but being willing to lay our hearts and souls before God without protection or pretense. And it's risky business.
It's risky to continue to open our hearts to the Lord when our dreams and desires don't line up with reality. Don't let anyone tell you differently. Don't let anyone make you feel like coming to the Lord should always feel warm and easy and clear-cut. It won't. It doesn't.
...He isn't bound by our ways, our timelines, our demands. He is bound by truth and love and justice and mercy--by the things he is and contains within himself.”
― Still Waiting: Hope for When God Doesn't Give You What You Want
It's risky to continue to open our hearts to the Lord when our dreams and desires don't line up with reality. Don't let anyone tell you differently. Don't let anyone make you feel like coming to the Lord should always feel warm and easy and clear-cut. It won't. It doesn't.
...He isn't bound by our ways, our timelines, our demands. He is bound by truth and love and justice and mercy--by the things he is and contains within himself.”
― Still Waiting: Hope for When God Doesn't Give You What You Want
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