“I think preparing food and feeding people brings nourishment not only to our bodies but to our spirits. Feeding people is a way of loving them, in the same way that feeding ourselves is a way of honoring our own createdness and fragility.” PeopleThinkingWayBodySpiritFoodCookingPreparingFeedingNourishmentFragilityPreparing Food Author:Shauna Niequist
“But our hearts are more elastic than we think, and the work of forgiveness and transformation and growth can do things you can't even imagine from where you're standing now.” ThinkingHeartGrowthCan DoImagineStandingTransformation Author:Shauna Niequist
“That's why it's hard, I think, to rejoice with those who rejoice and mourn with those who mourn. I love that line from the Bible, but it's so incredibly difficult sometimes, because when you've got reason to rejoice, you forget what it's like to mourn, even if you swear you never will. And because when you're mourning, the fact that someone close to you is rejoicing seems like a personal affront.” IfsThinkingSometimesHardReasonFactsSeemsDifficultLinesForgetMourningRejoiceSwearMournAffront Author:Shauna Niequist
“When you eat, I want you to think of God, of the holiness of hands that feed us, of the provision we are given every time we eat. When you eat bread and you drink wine, I want you to think about the body and the blood every time, not just when the bread and wine show up in church, but when they show up anywhere- on a picnic table or a hardwood floor or a beach.” ThinkingWantShowsBodyHandsGivenChurchBloodDrinkTablesWineBreadBeachHolinessI Want YouProvisionPicnicsBread And WineHardwood Author:Shauna Niequist