“It is the capacity to feel consuming grief and pain and despair that also allows me to embrace love and joy and… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I think this is what we all want to hear: that we are not alone in hitting the bottom, and that it… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I doubt that anyone has a Damascus moment after experiencing discrimination. Most people seem to have shining moments of change after experiencing… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I was taught growing up not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers, to withdraw myself from the sinful 'others'. But we are… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“The shadow is dark and the woods are cold, but they are not endless. No matter how lost you are now, you… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I think this is the essence of life: to be willing circle back, to fall in deeper, to relearn what I thought… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“Everything we have, everything we are, is a gift. How can we judge and shame ourselves if this is true?” — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I believe God lets us stumble along, slowly finding our way, and giving us chances to pick each other up.” — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I want to share my story, and I want to know yours. I believe with all my heart that sharing our stories,… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I love that there's no cutoff where we get labeled and sent off to a home for hopeless, cranky, depressives. Every day… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“God wants to take the fears that you and I are holding onto with both hands. He throws them aside, effortless, and… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“My fear of being real, of being seen, paralyzes me into silence. I crave the touch and the connection, but I’m not… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“A basic reality of life is that we all struggle. We hurt and have hurt other people. We all feel lost sometimes.… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“All of my secrets and scars and wishes and dreams can live together in this one body without shame, without blame, and… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“The God I serve is able to save us both. To give us the winning lottery ticket so all our money problems… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“It is a beautiful and scary thing to sit open-handed and let all your plans float away like dust.” — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I am not enough in myself; I can barely make it through buying milk and school supplies. Thank goodness there is a… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“The griefs that have been hardest for me were the ones I didn’t recognize as griefs, because they came in what were… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I grew up believing Christians didn’t just believe in Jesus. To be saved, people had to look and speak a certain way.… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“Father, be near as we are surrounded by this cloud of deep suffering. Open our eyes to see that you are all… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I am still not good enough. I am still not whole enough. I am still not pure enough. I am still weakness… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“It is the capacity to feel consuming grief and pain and despair that also allows me to embrace love and joy and beauty with… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I want my heart to be the thin place. I don't want to board a plane to feel the kiss of heaven. I want… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I doubt that anyone has a Damascus moment after experiencing discrimination. Most people seem to have shining moments of change after experiencing grace.” — Anna White Copy Share Image
“The shadow is dark and the woods are cold, but they are not endless. No matter how lost you are now, you are not… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“My husband says this longing for isolation is not a good quality, that if I wanted to be a hermit I should have moved… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“A basic reality of life is that we all struggle. We hurt and have hurt other people. We all feel lost sometimes. This isn’t… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I believe God lets us stumble along, slowly finding our way, and giving us chances to pick each other up.” — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I know what it's like to sleep in fear, to starve myself to be worthy, to be ashamed of my voice, to want to… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“The God I serve is able to save us both. To give us the winning lottery ticket so all our money problems will go… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“There are lots of real reasons to decide to leave something or someone, but there are lots of other reasons that are less valid… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“The first night in the hospital with a snuffling baby girl, I learned that my family was not the only thing that had expanded.… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“The most amazing thing is that all my sorrows, all of my darkest moments, are becoming my gifts.” — Anna White Copy Share Image
