Michael (michael_has_a_book_problem) (213 books)

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“If you love what you do and are willing to do what it takes, it's within your reach. And it'll be worth every minute you spend alone at night, thinking and thinking about what it is you want to design or build. It'll be worth it, I promise.”
― Steve Wozniak

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“I need a God who is bigger and more nimble and mysterious than what I could understand and contrive. Otherwise it can feel like I am worshipping nothing more than my own ability to understand the divine.”
― Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint

tags: divine, god, mystery

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“In the best goodbyes, there鈥檚 always the feeling that there鈥檚 something more to say.”
― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

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“peace. it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.”
― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

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“Of course, the fact that a single biblical text can mean many things doesn鈥檛 mean it can mean anything. Slave traders justified the exploitation of black people by claiming the curse on Noah鈥檚 son Ham rendered all Africans subhuman. Many Puritans and pioneers appealed to the stories of Joshua鈥檚 conquest of Canaan to support attacks on indigenous populations. More recently, I鈥檝e heard Christians shrug off sins committed by American politicians because King David assaulted women too. Anytime the Bible is used to justify the oppression and exploitation of others, we have strayed far from the God who brought the people of Israel out of Egypt, 鈥渙ut of the land of slavery鈥� (Exodus 20:2).”
― Rachel Held Evans, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again

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