February 2011
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“why not think of God as the one who is coming, who is moving toward us from all...”
– rilke
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“there would be a strong argument for saying that much of the most powerful...”
– frederick buechner & 1 corinthians 1:27-28
January 2011
83 posts
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“leave comfort root-room; let joy size
at God knows when to God knows what”
– gerard manley hopkins
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“true peace, the high and bidding peace that passeth all understanding, is to be...”
– frederick buechner
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“in deep nights i dig for You like treasure.
for all i have seen
that clutters...”
– rilke
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“i am circling around God,
around the ancient tower,
and i have been circling...”
– rilke
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“it is an amazing thing to watch people laugh, the way it sort of takes them...”
– marilynne robinson
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“you who let yourselves feel: enter the breathing
that is more than your own....”
– rilke
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“whatever image you take within you deeply,
even for a moment in a lifetime of...”
– rilke
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“rouse yourself up and look to God.
build your hope on Him.
no matter if there...”
– oswald chambers
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“when a man leaves home, he leaves behind some scrap of his heart…...”
– frederick buechner
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“whoever is conquered by this angel [*genesis 32]
…walks away erect and...”
– rilke
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“i could see at least for a moment how if you ever took truly to heart the...”
– frederick buechner
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“stay with God!
take heart. don’t quit.
i’ll say it again:
stay...”
– psalm 27:14
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“the tasks that have been entrusted to us are often difficult. almost everything...”
– rilke
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“don’t think. thinking is the enemy of creativity. it’s...”
– ray bradbury
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“…i started to sense that words not only convey something, but are...”
– frederick buechner
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“song, as you teach us, is not a grasping,
not a seeking for some final...”
– rilke
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“when it comes to putting broken lives back together—when it comes, in...”
– frederick buechner
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“as i make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful...”
– ac benson
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“only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
– ts eliot
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“never question the truth of what you fail to understand, for the world is filled...”
– lf baum
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“i am like a flag surrounded by distances.
i sense the winds that are coming,...”
– rilke
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