I’ve always considered myself more of a curl-up-in-an-armchair-with-a-gripping-book than a puff-your-lungs-out-for-no-good-reason sort of person
“Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.”
― The Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus's Essential Teachings on Discipleship
― The Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus's Essential Teachings on Discipleship
“I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“My idea of God is not a divine idea. It has to be shattered time after time. He shatters it Himself.”
― A Grief Observed
― A Grief Observed
“I may not be able to solve the great systemic injustices of our time, but I can cook some of the best pizza you’ve ever had and invite you to my table.”
― Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become like him. Do as he did.
― Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become like him. Do as he did.
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