I spent the day in the library and these are some of the treasures I found.
Everything, and I mean everything, is absurd. No matter what you do, you have ultimately nothing to show for it. You live and then you die. The only thing you have is the portion God gives you. And this is how God has set things up.
-Pete Enns on Qohlelet’s theology from Ecclesiastes
“Remember, the battle is good. When it feels like a battle, that’s a sign that something is right. Every disciple of Christ is in a battle, one that demands spiritual strength and ongoing vigilance. This is where the language of disease is weak.”
-Ed Welch on fighting sin and addiction
“We are not drops in the ocean. Rather we are the ocean, in drops.”
-Anne Lamott quoting someone else
