Michael

“resurrection doesn’t mean escaping from the world; it means mission to the world based on Jesus’s lordship over the world.”
― N.T. Wright, Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church

“Dying on your couch watching TV by yourself is a tragedy. Dying while doing something you love with every part of your body is magic.”
― Ann Napolitano, Dear Edward

“We want to be loved,’ ” quotes Britt-Marie. “ ‘Failing that, admired; failing that, feared; failing that, hated and despised. At all costs we want to stir up some sort of feeling in others. The soul abhors a vacuum. At all costs it longs for contact.’ ”
― Fredrik Backman, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry