Tag archive: quotation
Jayber Crow, p. 133
I am a pilgrim, but my pilgrimage has been wandering and unmarked. Often what has looked like a straight line to me has been a circle or a doubling back. I have been in the Dark Wood of Error any… continue reading »
Screaming alongside us
Eli, Eli My God, my God, why do I forsake you while I hang on the cross of my screw-you, my hell-no, my let’s-just-get-this-over-with, my it-couldn’t-get-worse-than-this, my lies, my leanings and inclinations toward the better-for-me-worse-for-you? You’re the only one who… continue reading »
The strenuous marriage of writing
“Being a writer is a strenuous marriage between careful observation and just as carefully imagining the truths you haven’t had the opportunity to see. The rest is the necessary, strict toiling with the language; for me this means writing and… continue reading »
Good morning
But friends, your dead will live, your corpses will get to their feet.All you dead and buried, wake up! Sing!Your dew is morning dew catching the first rays of sun,The earth bursting with life, giving birth to the dead. Come,… continue reading »
Holy the Firm, pp. 60-62
His disciples asked Christ about a roadside beggar who had been blind from birth, “Who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” And Christ, who spat on the ground, made a mud of his spittle… continue reading »
"Sinai," from George MacDonald: an Anthology, p. 4
“[God] is against sin: insofar as, and while, they and sin are one, He is against them–against their desires, their aims, their fears, and their hopes; and thus He is altogether and always for them. That thunder and lightening and tempest,… continue reading »
The Phantom Tollbooth, pp. 118-119
“No one paid attention to how things looked, and as they moved faster and faster everything grew uglier and dirtier, and as everything grew uglier and dirtier they moved faster and faster, and at last a very strange thing began… continue reading »
"Why I Write" by George Orwell
Two observations: 1. I like George Orwell’s thoughts on writing more than I like his writing.2. I may own every book on writing ever printed. — I’ve noticed that I have a really hard time blogging when there’s nothing to… continue reading »
Eugene Peterson’s Message, Isaiah 30:18f
“But God’s not finished.He’s waiting around to be gracious to you. He’s gathering strength to show mercy to you.God takes the time to do everything right—everything. Those who wait around for him are the lucky ones. “Oh yes, people of… continue reading »
*Gulp*
In 10 days I’ll be up in the air. People keep asking me if I’m nervous. I’m not nervous; I’m scared out of my wits. I have never left the country.I have never flown alone.I am never alone.Oh God, I’m… continue reading »