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“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”
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“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.”
― Bird by Bird
― Bird by Bird
“The relativism which is not willing to speak about truth but only about ‘what is true for me’ is an evasion of the serious business of living. It is the mark of a tragic loss of nerve in our contemporary culture. It is a preliminary symptom of death.”
― The Gospel in a Pluralist Society
― The Gospel in a Pluralist Society
“When I rise up
let me rise up joyful
like a bird.
When I fall
let me fall without regret
like a leaf.”
― The Mad Farmer Poems
let me rise up joyful
like a bird.
When I fall
let me fall without regret
like a leaf.”
― The Mad Farmer Poems
“Maybe God isn’t trying to tell us anything specific each time we hurt. Pain and suffering are part and parcel of our planet, and Christians are not exempt.”
― Where Is God When It Hurts?: Your Pain Is Real . . . When Will It End?
― Where Is God When It Hurts?: Your Pain Is Real . . . When Will It End?
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