“Her ballad did nothing to make the serpants lovely. Her ballad hid nothing of their dread. But the music itself spoke of faith and certainty; the melody announced the presence of God.” — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“Eurus thrashes, but Rutt holds on. She crushes the bones of his jaws and still holds on until he suffocates and dies.” — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“He went wordless, and wordless he sat beside her. He knew the size of her sorrow.” — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“Her ballad did nothing to make the serpants lovely. Her ballad hid nothing of their dread. But the music itself spoke of faith and… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“Have you noticed the words which Old Testament people use when someone important calls them by name? They don't say "What?" or "Yes?" They… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“I agreed Paul knew his limits. But I never believed he'd choose to live within them.” — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“But the talk of dialogue involves the work of knowing, acknowledging the other, of shaping speech toward him, for her. It is neither done… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“Volunteering" also honours the sort of work your spouse is obliged to do if you choose cheerfully to do it for him or her.… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“In the bedroom the truer, unpremeditated behavior of intimacy appears, the way this spouse relates to others on the most personal level, body to… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“And the strongest trust is built by the smallest actions, the keeping of the little promises. It is the constant truthfulness, the continued dependability,… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“And "sharing the work of survival," therefore, means resisting every temptation towards independence, towards personal liberty, towards "doing your own thing". This takes s… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“For what was your gesture? An act of pure love for Jesus particularly. It was an act so completely focused upon the Christ that… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
![“For what was your gesture? An act of pure love for Jesus particularly. It was an act so completely focused upon the Christ that not a dram of worldly benefit was gained thereby. Nothing could justify the spillage of some three hundred days' wages, except love alone. [...] The disciples, in fact…” quote by Walter Wangerin Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d27/walter-wangerin-jr-25465_christianity_for-what-was-your-gesture-an-act-of-pure_1462240.jpg)