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“Every day is full of possible miracles”

Takeaways:

“We don’t get the luxury of a blank slate; there are forces— with vested interest in us not becoming like Jesus.”

“We have to push back on the forces that seek to deform us, to keep us from reaching our potential in Jesus.”

“Jesus did miracles not by flexing his God muscles like Thor but by living in reliance on the Spirit’s power.”

Takeaways

“We have a responsibility to cooperate with God’s transforming grace”

“Without God, we cannot.
Without us, God will not.”

“This, then, is spiritual formation: the process of being formed into a person of self-giving love through deepening surrender to and union with the Trinity.”

“There are no accidental saints”

“The more we hide, the less we heal”

Takeaways:

“The irony of our ‘be true to yourself’ culture is that everyone ends up looking the same. As it turns out, sin is incredibly cliché”

“No one is more original than a saint”

Takeaways so far:

“Jesus is not looking for converts to Christianity; he’s looking for apprentices in the kingdom of God”