stapleface.

the weight of my neighbor's glory should be laid daily on my back, a load so heavy that only humility can carry it, and the backs of the proud will be broken.

stearns of world vision.

for i was hungry, while you had all you needed. i was thirsty, but you drank bottled water. i was a stranger, and you wanted me deported. i needed clothes, but you needed MORE clothes. i was sick, and you pointed out the behaviors that led to my sickness. i was in prison, and you said i was getting what i deserved.

gail sheehy

growth demands a temporary surrender of security.

c'est moi.

restlessness comes when everything is shuffled but nothing is moved.

the strong-armed louis.

i see friends shaking hands, sayin' "how do you do?" they're really sayin' "i love you."

pascal du blaise

faith does indeed tell us what the senses do not tell, but does not contradict their findings. it transcends, but does not contradict them. reason recognizes that there are truths not discoverable by reason.

miss sarah masen

you think he's brave until he's touched.

nothing like constancy to show us what we're made of.

a river runs through it.

each one of us here today will at one time in our lives look upon a loved one who is in need and ask the same question: we are willing to help, Lord, but what, if anything, is needed? for it is true we can seldom help those closest to us. either we don't know what part of ourselves to give or, more often than not, the part we have to give is not wanted. and so it is those we live with and should know who elude us. but we can still love them - we can love completely without complete understanding.