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“Faith is not being sure where you're going, but going anyway.”

Book:Wishful thinking: a theological ABC.

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This book offers a comprehensive look at various theological ideas, arranged alphabetically for easy reference and understanding. more

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Frederick Buechner

Frederick Buechner, born on July 11, 1926, is a renowned American writer. His works span across various genres including novels, essays, and plays, known for their profound religious and philosophical reflections. more

Ifs Way Mind Happens Mistake Serious Excited Whatever Happens Deviation Bad Experiences Good Experiences

Book:Pointing Out the Dharmakaya: Teachings on the Ninth Karmapa's Text

Source: Pointing Out the Dharmakaya: Teachings on the Ninth Karmapa's Text

“A life that is without problems may literally be more hopeless, than one that always verges on despair.”

May Problem Despair Hopeless Verge

Book:No Man Is an Island

Source: No Man Is an Island

“I thought being faithful was about becoming someone other than who I was...it wasn't until I failed that I began to wonder if my human wholeness might be more useful to God than my exhausting goodness.”

Ifs Humans Might Wonder Becoming Goodness Faithful Wholeness Exhausting Being Faithful Becoming Someone

Author:Barbara Brown Taylor

“Just as you ought not to attempt to cure eyes without head or head without body, so you should not treat body without soul.”

Should Soul Body Eye Ought Treats Cures

Author:Socrates

“All that is good, all that is true, all that is beautiful, all that is beneficent, be it great or small, be it perfect or fragmentary, natural as well as supernatural, moral as well as material, comes from God.”

Wells Beautiful Natural Perfect Moral Materials Goodness

Book:The Newman book of religion

Source: The Newman book of religion

“The call of God is not a reflection of my nature; my personal desires and temperament are of no consideration. As long as I dwell on my own qualities and traits and think about what I am suited for, I will never hear the call of God.”

Thinking Long Desire My Own Quality Reflection Consideration Traits Temperament Personal Desire

Book:Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers

Source: Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers

“Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.”

Mind Creation Bliss Comes And Goes

Book:Be As You Are: The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi

Source: Be As You Are: The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi

“Gregory Corso used to get really pissed when people called Bob Dylan a 'poet.' After writing poetry for a few years, I can understand that.”

People Writing Years I Can Used Poet Bob Dylan Writing Poetry

Author:Steve Earle

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