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‘Growth is painful.’
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“Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” —Mandy Hale We’re almost there! The long road which always ends at Jerusalem is narrowing and we will be there soon! Keep at it! #LentFail
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‘Faith is to believe what you do not see’
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“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” -St. Augustine Keep at it! Lent is at hand! Be courageous in belief that we might see the future. #LentFail
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‘If you fear failure’
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An especially needed message for Lent.
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‘Scratch any cynic…’
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We often talk about the fatalism of our character. Or who we’ve become because of our experience. But there’s a beauty in this thought: “Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist.” -George Carlin That we might actually see what’s underneath. What’s still there. Idealism never left. It got turned toward something else.…
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Violence Doesn’t Teach What You Think
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Violence doesn’t teach them to respect you. It teaches them the lengths you will go to have your way. We expect violence to communicate the complex thoughts, the most sophisticated of desires, the very contents of our minds, but it doesn’t make them mind readers. It doesn’t communicate what we want to communicate.…
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The Gate
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