CHRIST IN WINTER: Reflections on Faith & Life for the Years of Winter
“I really don’t think that preachers ought to lie. Especially about religion.” The Rev. John Ames, Lila, Marilynne Robinson, p. 99.
“Resurrection doesn’t mean you wake up without scars.” Someone else’s quote, but passed along by daughter Katie Kennedy.
“Story is in no way an evasion of life but a way of living creatively instead of fearfully.” Madeline L’Engle, Walking on Water, p. 53.
“The method of Jesus is to start with the cure.” George Matheson
“It is our business to love people, and God’s business to change them.” Herb Beuoy
“God gave me this body to get rebounds.” Jordan Geronimo, 6’6” IU basketball player, with 7’2” wingspan.
“The meek will inherit the earth, but they won’t get any offensive rebounds.” Shon Morris, former 6’11” Northwestern U basketball player, and Big Ten basketball color commentator.
“Basketball is a simple game that is difficult to play.” Bob Knight.
“Life is a simple game that is difficult to play.” John Robert McFarland
“Whoever invented cookies did a good thing.” Helen McFarland
“You have to believe in God, and have a 9x13 pan.” Katie McFarland Kennedy, when asked what is necessary to be a Methodist.
A music prof gave this advice to a piano student: “Get the first note right, get the last note right, and don’t fall off the bench in between.”
Does anyone ever draw a line that is not in the sand?
“Atheism is a peculiar state of mind. You cannot deny the existence of that which does not exist.” Madeline L’Engle
“I am deteriorating faster than I can lower my standards.” [Google credits this to a TED talk by Anne Lamott, but I think she was quoting someone else.]
“There is nothing so secular that it cannot be sacred, and that is one of the deepest messages of the Incarnation.” Madeline L’Engle
John Robert McFarland
I especially like the McFarland quotes.
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