By: Gabriela Yareliz Sometimes, we don’t perceive exactly when life, as we know it, changes. We know an alteration after-the-fact though, because we feel that something inside of us has changed. Something we can’t explain; we can only live it out.
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An Evening with Shauna Niequist
All quotes by Shauna Niequist Life sneaks up on us every once in a while and gives us something we didn’t ever know we wanted, and lights within us a love we didn’t even know existed. Shauna Niequist, Cold Tangerines: Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life Everything is interim.Continue reading “An Evening with Shauna Niequist”
Friday Glee: August 7, 2015
By: Gabriela Yareliz I don’t know about you guys, but I am so exhausted and so blessed. What a week. The temperatures have dropped a bit. Autumn is reminding us that it is coming soon. I am currently reading through Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis. An excellent read for those interested in philosophy, logic andContinue reading “Friday Glee: August 7, 2015”
Tuesday Badinage: August 4, 2015
By: Gabriela Yareliz I hope your week is off to an amazing start. I also hope that this will serve as some inspiration and food for thought. Quotes curated for an interesting week. “She’s a keeper, too bad you didn’t keep her.” “Will you love me in December as you do in May?” Jack KerouacContinue reading “Tuesday Badinage: August 4, 2015”
A Moment With G.K. Chesterton
By: Gabriela Yareliz I have been recently intrigued by G.K. Chesterton. I thought I would share some selected quotes and snippets from his writing. All quotes are the words of G.K. Chesterton: “Men invent new ideals because they dare not attempt old ideals. They look forward with enthusiasm, because they are afraid to look back.”Continue reading “A Moment With G.K. Chesterton”
Independence Day
“God has paid us the intolerable compliment of loving us, in the deepest, most tragic, most inexorable sense.” C.S. Lewis By: Gabriela Yareliz I believe in a human race that was created with the greatest expression of love which is freedom; freedom to choose. There can be no true love without freedom to make itContinue reading “Independence Day”
This Month’s Picks: June 2015
“I have only one hope in life and that is to be used by God. The more highly we think of ourselves and our abilities and our talents, the less God can use us. I pray that God might humble me so that I understand that I am just an instrument in His hands.” A.Continue reading “This Month’s Picks: June 2015”
Decades
“In the 1950s, kids lost their innocence. They were liberated from their parents by well-paying jobs, cars, and lyrics in music that gave rise to a new term —the generation gap.In the 1960s, kids lost their authority.It was a decade of protest—church, state, and parents were all called into question and foundContinue reading “Decades”
A Different World
By: Gabriela Yareliz Part of growing up is facing a world that is very different from what it was when you were a child. Countries that once existed now rest in their graves; dreams change; groups move; the arts evolve; what was once great may now be insignificant; what was once valued is now trashed;Continue reading “A Different World”
Friday Glee: Appreciative Love
“Need-love cries to God from our poverty; Gift-love longs to serve, or even to suffer for, God; Appreciative love says: ‘We give thanks to thee for thy great glory.’ Need-love says of a woman ‘I cannot live without her’; Gift-love longs to give her happiness, comfort, protection – if possible, wealth; Appreciative love gazes andContinue reading “Friday Glee: Appreciative Love”