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I wish I could protect you from the world. It’s a cold, dark place. It has very little light, where it used to abound in it, but alas, I am one lone candle. I cannot speak for the world. Just for what I’ve seen and felt. Being in the world means you could very well realize how lost you are. You find out, you cannot find yourself all alone. However, as long as a light shines, all hope is not lost. One day we’ll all know for certain which paths are best traveled, and which were left narrow. ↗

— Jennifer Megan Varnadore

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Because of my faith and my imagination, I was able to enjoy my childhood, even though it was tough. ↗

— Donna Brazile

#because #childhood #enjoy #even #faith

A missionary church cannot rely on the professional ministry for the primary work of mission. The role of the laity is critical because it is the lay members of the church who have the greatest contact with those who are outside of the normal structures of church life. In such a situation the task of clergy is not so much to engage in mission themselves, as to support the laity in their mission. ↗

— Martin Robinson

#clergy #laity #leadership #missionary #faith

A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned. ↗

— Xun Zi

#any #born #crime #envy #faith

Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith. ↗

— Garth Brooks

#little #little faith #proud #stand #straight

I [Lorna Craig] would say that teaching a girl that her salvation depends on her having sexual relations with a married man is inherently destructive." Such relationships, Craig argues bitterly, should be considered "a crime, not a religion. ↗

— Jon Krakauer

#polygamy #rape #religion #faith

Merc: Sometimes I wonder if you just encourage trouble, like by running DELIBERATELY into the blues. Faith: Maybe, it's cute the way they try to catch me. Merc: Yeah, well, I hear the bullet. And you CAN'T outrun those. Faith: But i CAN outthink the brain behind the gun. That's half the battle. Merc: See, occasionally, just occasionally i actually think you listen to me. ↗

— Rhianna Pratchett

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But it is daily tasks, daily acts of love and worship that serve to remind us that the religion is not strictly an intellectual pursuit, and these days it is easy to lose sight of that as, like our society itself, churches are becoming more politicized and polarized. Christian faith is a way of life, not an impregnable fortress made up of ideas; not a philosophy; not a grocery list of beliefs. ↗

— Kathleen Norris

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Like faith, marriage is a mystery. The person you’re committed to spending your life with is known and yet unknown, at the same time remarkably intimate and necessarily other. The classic seven-year itch may not be a case of familiarity breeding ennui and contempt, but the shock of having someone you thought you knew all too well suddenly seem a stranger. When that happens, you are compelled to either recommit to the relationship or get the hell out. There are many such times in a marriage. ↗

— Kathleen Norris

#seven-year-itch #spirituality #faith

Faith which does not doubt is dead faith. ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

#does #doubt #faith #which