Shannah’s Reviews > One Thousand Wells: How an Audacious Goal Taught Me to Love the World Instead of Save It > Status Update

"My faith is messier now than it once was. My questions are bigger. Some of my convictions have eased into mystery, even as my understanding has grown. I am living out the actions of a faith I don't feel, trusting the movement to carry me through. Courage is less about driving through warzones and more about choosing to believe in a good God in the midst of brokenness."

orthodoxy is not a prerequisite to giving or receiving love....it is better to do something than nothing...justice *somewhere* is better than justice nowhere

“Our songs are not really there to explain our faith, rather, they are written about lives that are shaped by faith. Art can make people *feel* what’s true rather than telling them."

"To get to the heart of an issue, we need artists. Singers, writers, and storytellers know how to stir the moral imagination. Musicians ask us to seek with humility rather than to know with certainty. Poets respect the mysteries of our darkest questions and still call us to love. Artists speak not of blood cell counts but of an elev year old named Kevin.