“As long as any one has the means of doing good to his neighbours, and does not do so, he shall be reckoned a stranger to the love of the Lord.” MeanLongDoeLordSaintStrangerNeighbourDoing GoodServing Others Author:Irenaeus of Lyons
“I've got evil in me as much as anyone, some desires that scare me. Even if I don't give in to them, just having them scares the living bejesus out of me sometimes. I'm no saint, the way you kid about. But I've always walked the line, walked that goddamned line. It's a mean mother of a line, straight and narrow, sharp as a razor, cuts right into you when you walk it long enough. You're always bleeding on that line, and sometimes you wonder why you don't just step off and walk in the cool grass.” IfsWayGivingMeanLongSometimesEnoughKidsMotherDesireEvilLinesWalksWonderStepsCuttingSaintGrassScareBleedingRazors Book:Dark Rivers of the Heart: A Novel Source: Dark Rivers of the Heart: A Novel
“I have been disillusioned, however, this long, long time in the means used by any but the saints to live in this world God has made for us.” WorldMeanLongHas BeensMadeUsedThis WorldLong TimeSaintDisillusioned Book:On Pilgrimage Source: On Pilgrimage