#tend

He's the sort of guy that gets a laugh out of people. ↗

— Ken Kesey

#psychology #psychology

Our identity rests in God's relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ. ↗

— Brennan Manning

#christianity #gentleness #god #identity #tenderness

I have three step brothers and one step sister. It’s like a staircase, and I am the slinky. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#sibling-relationships #simile #simile

Whether [new Protestant church movements] place their emphasis on new worship styles, expressions of the Holy Spirit’s power, evangelism to seekers, or Bible teaching, these so-called new movements still operate out of the fallacious assumption that the church belongs firmly in the town square, that is, at the heart of Western culture. And if they begin with this mistaken belief about their position in Western society, all their church planting, all their reproduction will simply mirror this misapprehension. ↗

— Alan Hirsch

#christianity #church #ecclesiology #holy-spirit

I want people to understand that I intend to continue living and doing all the things that I love to do up until the end. And the end is by no means rushing up on me. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#doing #end #i #i love #intend

The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read. ↗

— Lascelles Abercrombie

#epics #first #intended #literary #meant

One way to compensate for a tiny brain is to pretend to be dead. ↗

— Scott Adams

#compensate #dead #pretend #tiny #way

They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#always #best #elected #election #facility

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character. ↗

— Hosea Ballou

#children #commences #education #every #formation

When I died my hair red the first time, I felt as if it was what nature intended. I have been accused of being a bit of a spitfire, so in that way, I absolutely live up to the stereotype. The red hair suits my personality. I was a terrible blonde! ↗

— Amy Adams

#accused #been #being #bit #blonde