You cannot make me choose a favorite book ... it's like picking a favorite child. All of them have quietly, forcefully undone me, making me examine my easy habits and assumptions from more complicated, compassionate angles.
This, though: "a true feat of moral rigor for someone with my wingspan." I am dying. :D
Shannan - our church built a coffee shop for the community here in Sterling VA, a far out suburb of Washington DC. Ridgetopcoffeeandtea.com. That coffee shop is built on the spines of your books! They really helped me understand and know how to meet the community just where they are. Thank you!
I first read Ministry in Ordinary Places. I bought it for the title. Too much to quote! I loved it and thought, she’s speaking my language! I then ready Falling Free and Start with Hello!
I did not grow up in church. At 19 my life truly did change forever and was sucked into all that you wrote here. I’m grateful for my beginnings and also for the undoing of so much that mostly paralyzed me and didn’t always lead me to love others—especially when you must be certain about all the things. So grateful for curiosity and new beginnings. And for you!
Omg AWANA bible quizzing was no joke. Also, I literally had a meltdown in early high school because I was so terrified of apologetics in my speech class and my mom ended up telling my teacher I needed to skip that session. The fear was real!
I didn’t realize I had been following you so long! I met you through Annie F. Downs’ podcast when the ministry of ordinary places came out. The book was transformative for me, someone who had just uprooted her life for a job and was trying to find a new community. Thank you for allowing us to follow along on your journey of curiosity, and inspiring my own. ♥️
You cannot make me choose a favorite book ... it's like picking a favorite child. All of them have quietly, forcefully undone me, making me examine my easy habits and assumptions from more complicated, compassionate angles.
This, though: "a true feat of moral rigor for someone with my wingspan." I am dying. :D
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Love you/miss you.
Looooove this: "I am a seminarian of these streets . . ."
It's the truest truth.
Shannan - our church built a coffee shop for the community here in Sterling VA, a far out suburb of Washington DC. Ridgetopcoffeeandtea.com. That coffee shop is built on the spines of your books! They really helped me understand and know how to meet the community just where they are. Thank you!
Amanda! I love this. 🩷
Friend, we are all contagious to somebody. The choice is in to whom we become the contagion and to whom we become the antidote.
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(it can also be pretty painful, and I want to acknowledge that because I know I'm not alone in it.)
Loved them all! Waiting on #4 🥰
I first read Ministry in Ordinary Places. I bought it for the title. Too much to quote! I loved it and thought, she’s speaking my language! I then ready Falling Free and Start with Hello!
I did not grow up in church. At 19 my life truly did change forever and was sucked into all that you wrote here. I’m grateful for my beginnings and also for the undoing of so much that mostly paralyzed me and didn’t always lead me to love others—especially when you must be certain about all the things. So grateful for curiosity and new beginnings. And for you!
Omg AWANA bible quizzing was no joke. Also, I literally had a meltdown in early high school because I was so terrified of apologetics in my speech class and my mom ended up telling my teacher I needed to skip that session. The fear was real!
I didn’t realize I had been following you so long! I met you through Annie F. Downs’ podcast when the ministry of ordinary places came out. The book was transformative for me, someone who had just uprooted her life for a job and was trying to find a new community. Thank you for allowing us to follow along on your journey of curiosity, and inspiring my own. ♥️