Martha Armstrong

“Faith means believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse.”
― Philip Yancey, Disappointment with God

“We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon.”
― Jimmy Carter

“People travel to wonder
at the height of the mountains,
at the huge waves of the seas,
at the long course of the rivers,
at the vast compass of the ocean,
at the circular motion of the stars,
and yet they pass by themselves
without wondering. ”
― Saint Augustine

“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.”
― C.S. Lewis