I said, "Where's all that delivering God's supposed to do?
“I said, "Where's all that delivering God's supposed to do?”
— Sue Monk Kidd · Faith
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I said, "Where's all that delivering God's supposed to do?
“I said, "Where's all that delivering God's supposed to do?”
— Sue Monk Kidd · Faith
Explore more quotes by Sue Monk Kidd on topics like Faith, wisdom, and life lessons.
“I said, "Where's all that delivering God's supposed to do?”
“Every writer has their rituals. For me, it's morning walks along the beach. And then, in my study I have a huge painting of the Black Madonna hung over my desk, and quite a few pictures of Mary around me for inspiration.”
“When compassion wakes up in us, we find ourselves more willing to become vulnerable, to take the risk of entering the pain of others.”
“There's release in knowing the truth no matter how anguishing it is. You come finally to the irreducible thing, and there's nothing left to do but pick it up and hold it. Then, at last, you can enter the severe mercy of acceptance.”
“I feel like we need to be aware of the ways we use and misuse religious dogma: whether it takes us deeper into love and inclusion or it separates us.”
“I actually grew up in a house in which bees lived in one of the walls, and they lived there 18 years, in fact, so it wasn't a fleeting thing.”
“Follow the path that leads to righteousness of faith.”
“Religion is not delusion, for most part it's therapeutic, but the notion that you're doomed if you don't pick a particular religion, is the most unholy, unkind, uncivilized, unsentient, inhuman mental illness of all.”
“The loudest prayers cannot replace the smallest microchip”
“Faith is the door to the full inner life of the Church, a life which includes not only access to an authoritative teaching but above all to a deep personal experience which is at once unique and yet shared by the whole Body of Christ, in the Spirit of Christ.”
“EVERY TRUE CHRISTIAN IS A SOLDIER—of Christ—a hero "par excellence!" Braver than the bravest—scorning the soft seductions of peace and her oft-repeated warnings against hardship, disease, danger, and death, whom he counts among his bosom friends.”
“Comparing yourself to others does nothing for you. Society has conditioned us to value people who fit a secular mold of perfection".”