"I believe that Jesus was both priest and poet. Imagine those powerful parables! My experience as a priest tells me it's not possible to reach the hearts of the congregants without a bit of poetry and storytelling."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Uwem Akpan

#Jesus Quotes #Powerful Quotes #Believe Quotes

“Let's not be optimistic in the irreversibly irresponsible way that tends to happen with the crazies of geo-engineering. But let's talk about what sorts of changes we can make.”
“Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others.”
“By the blessings of heaven I mean to live and die, please God, in the faith of my mother.”
“I would say that I've been lucky. Being blessed and not really ever giving up.”
“Panic causes tunnel vision. Calm acceptance of danger allows us to more easily assess the situation and see the options.”
“Both my mum and dad were great readers, and we would go every Saturday morning to the library, and my sister and I had a library card when we could pass off something as a signature, and all of us would come with an armful of books.”
“When we demand liberty of a person as a constitutional right, we are taking away from the officials their liberty to chop off people's heads.”
“I am too pure for you or anyone.”

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