“Fear brings out the basest instincts,” writes British political scientist Sue Goss, “and narrows our sense of belonging to self-preservation.”16”
― Grounded: Finding God in the World-A Spiritual Revolution
― Grounded: Finding God in the World-A Spiritual Revolution
“The biggest issue of the twenty-first century is not necessarily the “decline” of neighborhood. It may be that we have all moved to a new neighborhood and have not learned how to get along with the new neighbors.”
― Grounded: Finding God in the World-A Spiritual Revolution
― Grounded: Finding God in the World-A Spiritual Revolution
“The great wisdom traditions of the world all recognize that the main impediment to living a life of meaning is being self-absorbed.”
― An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
― An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
“The essential ingredients for creativity remain exactly the same for everybody: courage, enchantment, permission, persistence, trust—and those elements are universally accessible. Which does not mean that creative living is always easy; it merely means that creative living is always possible.”
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
“when our inner selves convert distinctions into a perceived right to diminish others, we are not on a holy path. We are submitting to the mighty enticements of the third temptation, and we are serving the tempter. God, whom we seek and serve, does not devalue our differences. God holds us all as equally beloved.”
― Heart and Mind: The Four-Gospel Journey for Radical Transformation
― Heart and Mind: The Four-Gospel Journey for Radical Transformation
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