“The ultimate barrier against love is the barrier of the constructed self.” — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
“If we enter our story in heartache, we will hear the whisper of the name that will one day be ours.” — Dan B. Allender Copy Share Image
“Beginning in infancy (or even before) each of us, in response to perceived threats to our well-being, develops a false self: a… — Cynthia Bourgeault Copy Share Image
“One of our greatest failures in our busy, driven culture is that we don't celebrate the temporary untying of a complex narrative...What… — Dan B. Allender Copy Share Image
“Your True Self is who you objectively are from the beginning, in the mind and heart of God, "the face you had… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“We're in the presence of a good story when the flaw that shatters shalom is also the doorway to redemption... Whether it… — Dan B. Allender Copy Share Image
“Healthy people understand that others have the capacity to choose to end relationships and it serves as motivation for them to learn… — Wendy Mahill Copy Share Image
“Secularity is a way of being dependent on the responses of our milieu. The secular or false self is the self which… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Tragedy always moves our story forward in a way shalom could never accomplish.” — Dan B. Allender Copy Share Image
“I imagine everyone wears layered masks, and parades around a variety or panoply of false selves depending on the occasion.” — Wendy Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Our story will gain momentum and depth only to the degree that we honestly embrace both loss and fear.” — Dan B. Allender Copy Share Image
“In every story, in every life, there are moments of death that take away our name and rename us as strangers, orphans… — Dan B. Allender Copy Share Image
“We dislike matter, that is ourselves, because we are destined to matter, because anonymous matter is called death. Perhaps it isn't matter… — Hélène Cixous Copy Share Image
“The shattering [of shalom] moves us from a place of shalom to a place that is harsh and unrelenting. The shattering brings… — Dan B. Allender Copy Share Image
“...you can be assured that the inciting events call for you to sacrifice your comfort and ease in order for your story… — Dan B. Allender Copy Share Image
“Our need to be "greater than" or "less than" has been a defense against toxic shame. A shameful act was committed upon… — Maureen Brady Copy Share Image
“In those moments of unnaming when we have lost ourselves, we must remember to return to our past redemptions to find God's… — Dan B. Allender Copy Share Image
“So we grow up in a sea of stories told in a way that fits what we want others to know about… — Dan B. Allender Copy Share Image
“I imagine everyone wears layered masks, and parades around a variety or panoply of false selves depending on the occasion. Normal people… — Wendy Hoffman Copy Share Image
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