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title: "1 God Stepping Quotes By John Philip Newell"
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> [God is to be found not by stepping aside from the flow of daily life into religious moments and environments, or by looking away from creation to a spiritual realm beyond, but rather by entering attentively the depths of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philip-newell/god-is-to-be-found-not-by-stepping-aside-from-the-flow-of-daily-life/)

John Philip Newell

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## More by John Philip Newell

> [Eriugena and other Celtic teachers speak of Christ as our memory, as the one who leads us to our deepest identity, as the one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philip-newell/eriugena-and-other-celtic-teachers-speak-of-christ-as-our-memory-as/)

John Philip Newell

> [God is to be found not by stepping aside from the flow of daily life into religious moments and environments, or by looking away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philip-newell/god-is-to-be-found-not-by-stepping-aside-from-the-flow-of-daily-life/)

John Philip Newell

> [“…we need to find ways of sharing our intimate experiences of the Mystery, for we are one. It is through one another that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philip-newell/we-need-to-find-ways-of-sharing-our-intimate-experiences-of-the/)

John Philip Newell

> [ \[Grace\] is given not to make us something other than ourselves but to make us radically ourselves. Grace is given not to implant in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-philip-newell/grace-is-given-not-to-make-us-something-other-than-ourselves-but-to/)

John Philip Newell

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