“So if waiting is an aggravation, it is at least partly because we do not like being reminded of our limits. We like doing -- earning, buying, selling, building, planting, driving, baking -- making things happen, whereas waiting is essentially a matter of being -- stopping, sitting, listening, looking, breathing, wondering, praying. It can feel pretty helpless to wait for someone or something that is not here yet and that will or will not arrive in its own good time, which is not the same thing as our own good time.” IfsFeelsMatterHappensWaitingWonderBuildingListeningPrayingLimitsSittingDrivingThings HappenSellingBreathingBuyingGood TimesHelplessEarningStoppingBakingAggravation Book:Gospel Medicine Source: Gospel Medicine
“Though people are more important than money, I'm not convinced these large sums of money paid out to victims is the best. Listening to the some of the victims, I think we could have avoided a lot of this if the Church had humbly apologized to them, but we tried to bully some of them. I pray the victims are healed.” PeopleIfsThinkingImportantChurchListeningPrayingPaidVictimConvincedBullyAvoidedI PrayHealed Author:Uwem Akpan
“I'm a praying atheist. When I hear an ambulance siren, I ask for a blessing for those people in trouble, knowing that no one's listening. I think it's just a habit of mindfulness.” PeopleThinkingAsksKnowingTroubleListeningPrayingHabitBlessingMindfulnessAtheistSirensAmbulance Author:Geraldine Brooks
“Communication with God is vital to a vibrant relationship with him. We will never really know God in an intimate, personal relationship if we don't talk to him. Half of our communication with God is listening to what he has to say through his Word, which is why reading our Bibles is so important. The other half of communication is talking to him, which is prayer. Prayer is also important because the Bible commands us to pray.” ImportantReadingPrayerCommunicationListeningPrayingIntimateKnowing God Author:Anne Graham Lotz
“Reading is like thinking, like praying, like talking to a friend, like expressing your ideas, like listening to other people's ideas, like listening to music, like looking at the view, like taking a walk on the beach.” PeopleThinkingIdeasReadingWalksViewsTalkingListeningPrayingBeachListening To MusicListening To Others Author:Roberto Bolano