Barry's Blog

"It is no easy task to walk this earth and find peace. Inside of us, it would seem, something is at odds with the very rhythm of things and we are forever restless, dissatisfied, frustrated, and aching. We are so overcharged with desire that it is hard to come to simple rest. Desire is always stronger than satisfaction." -Ronald Rolheiser, The Holy Longing

"One of the uncomfortable facts about ourselves is that we all must live in a way that meets our own approval."                  -Paul Holmer, Making Christian Sense 

"A man's at odds to know his mind cause his mind is aught he has to know it with. He can know his heart,  but he don't want to. Best not to look in there."                                                   -Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian 

"One of the strangest things that people say is, 'I'm a good person.' I am always amazed when people claim to know that about themselves...History demonstrates, repeatedly, that if enough people begin to define themselves as 'good' in contrast to others who are 'bad,' those others come to be seen as less than human." -Kathleen Norris, Amazing Grace

"Perfect love may cast out fear, but fear is remarkably potent in casting our love."                      -P. D. James, Time to Be in Earnest 

"Satan does not here fill us with hatred of God, but with forgetfulness of God."                     -Dietrich Bonhoeffer,  Creation and Fall/Temptation

-Taken from, "Reflections: Quotations to Stir Heart and Mind, 'The Human Condition,' Christianity Today, July 2008

For FinishingWell,

Barry Morrow