God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.
—Martin Luther
Sunday Inspiration: Clinging to Hate
I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.
—James Baldwin
Sunday Inspiration: Educating the Heart
When educating the minds of our youth, we must not forget to educate their hearts.
—Nelson Mandela
Sunday Inspiration: Escapism
J. R. R. Tolkien, undisputedly a most fluent speaker of this language, was criticized in his day for indulging his juvenile whim of writing fantasy, which was then considered—as it still is in many quarters—an inferior form of literature and disdained as mere “escapism.” “Of course it is escapist,” he cried. “That is its glory! When a solider is a prisoner of war it is his duty to escape—and take as many with him as he can.” He went on to explain, “The moneylenders, the know-nothings, the authoritarians have us all in prison; if we value the freedom of the mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as possible.”
—Stephen R. Lawhead
Sunday Inspiration: Being Wrong
Since I do not live by being right, I am not destroyed by being wrong.
—Verna Dozier
Sunday Inspiration: Wexford Carol
Sunday Inspiration: When Something Bad Happens
When something bad happens you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.
—Dr. Seuss
Sunday Inspiration: Repairing the World
If you see what needs to be repaired and how to repair it, then you have found a piece of the world that God has left for you to complete. But if you only see what is wrong and what is ugly in the world, then it is you yourself that needs repair.
—Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Sunday Inspiration: Differences
It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
—Audre Lorde
Sunday Inspiration: The Path Before You
If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
—Carl Jung
Into the Wonder 